spiderroller Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) I mean hell... instead of walking up to the ticket window to buy tickets... you'd walk up and buy an ounce of MILF Weed.You could even have IRA agents inside the place to make sure all the income taxes are paid and up to date. And it's close to the Medical Center... patients could take their Cannabis Prescription and pick it up on the way home. Just pull up to the drive thru, scan your bar code on your Cannabis Prescription, and wah-lah...... you get your medication, Global Growhouse USA gets their revenue, the IRS gets their taxes, AETNA gets the patient's claim, and the Insured gets their FSA check in the mail within a week.How about it being a growhouse... but for small business? Instead of Philip Morris or Minute Maid owning the joint (get it.. 'joint'... lol)....... you and I purchase the Dome.... and sublease it all out to individual growers..... what a boom for new small business.... that way we create a crapload of jobs.... promote competition... and Big Business doesn't control what we get to get lit on (er... what medication we can have...)....Julio may want to rent out a 20' x 30' space to open his small business.... while Tyrone would like to rent out a 100' x 100' "primo" suite. And there will be QUALITY CONTROL - any julio can't just come in and plant some dirt weed. If you don't pass muster your lease is revoked and your product burned (or it can be shipped with a tariff to any Louisiana connection).Wow.. I can really see it now... on Ultimate Houston.com........ "Best Weed".... voted #1 is Romello's Blue Iguana #4................. Edited August 13, 2009 by spiderroller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 No one?Questions?Comments?Thoughts? Isn't this just an old idea repackaged? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) Well its not an old idea but yes... Edited August 13, 2009 by UpuPUp! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 A movie studio makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.Just imagine for a moment how many thousands of people said, upon hearing of the proposal for building the Astrodome: "An indoor, air conditioned baseball stadium makes absolutely no sense whatsoever." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 A movie studio makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.why not? what would?besides a sports team, does anything else make "sense?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderroller Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Just imagine for a moment how many thousands of people said, upon hearing of the proposal for building the Astrodome: "An indoor, air conditioned baseball stadium makes absolutely no sense whatsoever."I've imagined that. Okay.Now... just imagine what % of people questioning a stupid idea ended up being right that the idea was stupid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 why not? what would? besides a sports team, does anything else make "sense?" In the sense that the end result provides some sort of utility to the users (in this case people who like the sporting events taking place inside this structure) then the product would make perfect sense. This is because it is what the visitors of this place expect. However, if there occurs something that is not expected, one cannot reasonably be upset that things did not turn out the way they were expected. If they make this a movie studio, I believe it will be a good thing for the local economy and for the movie industry as a whole because now one would not have to rely on the things coming out of Hollywood these days. Clearly, it would also be a good thing because as was demonstrated before (several posts above), diversifying the base industries in any given statistical region, to use a term popularized by the US Census Bureau, would also mean we would be more resilient to downturns in the economy. For even though we would like to ban together to make this happen, what would it take to get it done? Can we prevent this from going the way of the Ashby Highrise? Surely, we can get this done. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 A movie studio makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.how could you think this isn't a good idea? It will create a totally new industry to not only Houston but all of Texas. I'm so sick of cities like Austin and Dallas acting like they're the King cities in Texas. Austin almost had the opportunity to bring film to Texas but if this goes through, it will blow their plans out of the water. Like the article said, if Houston doesn't take up on this, Austin or Dallas will... and believe me they will do it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I think the idea of this would not be to blow either Austin or Dallas out of the water, but to work with those cities. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderroller Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 In the sense that the end result provides some sort of utility to the users (in this case people who like the sporting events taking place inside this structure) then the product would make perfect sense. This is because it is what the visitors of this place expect. However, if there occurs something that is not expected, one cannot reasonably be upset that things did not turn out the way they were expected. If they make this a movie studio, I believe it will be a good thing for the local economy and for the movie industry as a whole because now one would not have to rely on the things coming out of Hollywood these days. Clearly, it would also be a good thing because as was demonstrated before (several posts above), diversifying the base industries in any given statistical region, to use a term popularized by the US Census Bureau, would also mean we would be more resilient to downturns in the economy. For even though we would like to ban together to make this happen, what would it take to get it done? Can we prevent this from going the way of the Ashby Highrise? Surely, we can get this done. Yea... I'm sure the Hollywood foke would love to come to Houston to film. I mean, the scenery, history and weather in Houston is something every American should experience at some point in their life. Can you imagine Angelina Jolie down here filming a movie... she can take some "getaway time" and head down to the beaches in Galveston. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peeping Tom Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I think the idea of this would not be to blow either Austin or Dallas out of the water, but to work with those cities.I think we should do both. Work with them at first. And then stab them in the back, gloat and ridicule them when Houston becomes the Hollywood of Texas. It's the Texas way! There's no room for #2 in this land. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peeping Tom Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Yea... I'm sure the Hollywood foke would love to come to Houston to film. I mean, the scenery, history and weather in Houston is something every American should experience at some point in their life. Can you imagine Angelina Jolie down here filming a movie... she can take some "getaway time" and head down to the beaches in Galveston.The weather in Houston is perfect -inside the dome. Anyway if Houston is good enough for the rest of the nation to seek their fortunes, it should be good enough for ugly lipped weirdos like Angelina Jolie. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderroller Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 The weather in Houston is perfect -inside the dome. Anyway if Houston is good enough for the rest of the nation to seek their fortunes, it should be good enough for ugly lipped weirdos like Angelina Jolie.The only "movie studio" concept that could work out in the Astrodome would be if the porn industry wanted to move from Southern California.I say we turn it into a Coliseum of sorts... for criminals.... Gladiator Dome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 What is frustrating is that I think there is a 90% chance we spend the next 5 years talking about this but nothing happens either way. It's almost like the Dynamo Stadium. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Studios will film anywhere that makes sense 1) within the context of the story and 2) where it makes financial sense to do so. I'm not saying this Astrodome plan is a guaranteed success - far from it. However, if Houston can find a way to work with the current film incentive money offered by the state and with the established film industry in Austin, then there is a chance this could be feasible.Film making is a business and no business every came to Houston for scenery, weather or history. They came to make money. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peeping Tom Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 The only "movie studio" concept that could work out in the Astrodome would be if the porn industry wanted to move from Southern California.I say we turn it into a Coliseum of sorts... for criminals.... Gladiator Dome.Like you can predict the future. You don't know what you are talking about. On the other hand, it wouldn't take a lot of modifications to the Astrodome to make it look like a giant boob. The Astrodome would be a great capitol for the porn industry. They could rename it the Assholedome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderroller Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Like you can predict the future. You don't know what you are talking about. On the other hand, it wouldn't take a lot of modifications to the Astrodome to make it look like a giant boob. The Astrodome would be a great capitol for the porn industry. They could rename it the Assholedome.I can predict the future as well as those who are predicting movies will be made in the Astrodome.I say we melt it down to the ground, and call it "art".Better yet... let's blow up Minute Maid Field and move the 'Stros back to the Astrodome where they belong (as long as I can bring my own food in there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peeping Tom Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I can predict the future as well as those who are predicting movies will be made in the Astrodome.I predict you will live an extremely empty, dull life with that attitude.I say we should only melt it down and blow it up if we can round up all the nay sayers, people with no imagination or vision, Houston haters and all the rest of the losers who would try to stop progress from coming to Houston because they are incapable of 'thinking big' or don't have the balls to take a chance on something that really could turn out to be huge for the local economy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Like you can predict the future. You don't know what you are talking about. On the other hand, it wouldn't take a lot of modifications to the Astrodome to make it look like a giant boob. The Astrodome would be a great capitol for the porn industry. They could rename it the Assholedome. Or the Astroglidedome? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) I say we should only melt it down and blow it up if we can round up all the nay sayers, people with no imagination or vision, Houston haters and all the rest of the losers who would try to stop progress from coming to Houston because they are incapable of 'thinking big' or don't have the balls to take a chance on something that really could turn out to be huge for the local economy.I too think the film facility is a bad idea. (see posts 41-61).I can post a dozen more times on why that is so, but as usual, some people are more attracted by shiny new things than economically viable (but unsexy) thinking. Big Traditional Hollywood is struggling. Why commit future precious tax dollars (in the form of incentive give-aways) to a 20th-century idea like a giant sound studio? Only a small portion of film can afford huge production. TV can afford even less production. The film business will go the way of the record business. And the newspaper business. A state-of-the-art, indoor agricultural venture is in line with the type of REAL vision that suits Houston. The site around building is already big enough to accommodate operations like processing and shipping. We have nearby technology and ag partners in the universities. I'm willing to bet that a Texas-based retail grocer like HEB would sign on for marketing and distribution. Stop thinking like someone who wants to consume 'innovation', and start thinking like someone who wants to contribute to the 21st century! Edited August 19, 2009 by crunchtastic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I too think the film facility is a bad idea. (see posts 41-61).I can post a dozen more times on why that is so, but as usual, some people are more attracted by shiny new things than economically viable (but unsexy) thinking. Big Traditional Hollywood is struggling. Why commit future precious tax dollars (in the form of incentive give-aways) to a 20th-century idea like a giant sound studio? Only a small portion of film can afford huge production. TV can afford even less production. The film business will go the way of the record business. And the newspaper business. A state-of-the-art, indoor agricultural venture is in line with the type of REAL vision that suits Houston. The site around building is already big enough to accommodate operations like processing and shipping. We have nearby technology and ag partners in the universities. I'm willing to bet that a Texas-based retail grocer like HEB would sign on for marketing and distribution. Stop thinking like someone who wants to consume 'innovation', and start thinking like someone who wants to contribute to the 21st century!While your idea is terribly interesting and technologically advanced, if you cannot get on board with wishing and hoping that Hollywood celebrities come to Houston so that we can gawk at them and squeal like little girls when we see them at the Galleria, then you will forever be assigned to that group of Houstonians that "don't care that Houston sucks and is ugly and hot and humid".Welcome to the club. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderroller Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 While your idea is terribly interesting and technologically advanced, if you cannot get on board with wishing and hoping that Hollywood celebrities come to Houston so that we can gawk at them and squeal like little girls when we see them at the Galleria, then you will forever be assigned to that group of Houstonians that "don't care that Houston sucks and is ugly and hot and humid".Welcome to the club.I keep laughing at the foke who think a movie studio is an economically brilliant idea.Let's assume Hollywood foke would come here to shoot movies... how exactly (as compared say... to a super bowl event....) would small businesses make a fortune? How exactly would that change life for the average Houstonian?I don't give a rat's ass if the City makes money. It would be wasted anyway. And how many new jobs would a Texas Hollywood create here in Houston (as in new.. not transplanted people coming from SoCal...)??No a GROW HOUSE would create more jobs.... create more tax income for the City... than anything... so... Texas should legalize pot and turn the Astrodome into a Grow House.Oh.. by the way... where has the billions of dollars from the almost 20-year old lottery system gone? I thought we approved that primarily because the money was to go to education... schools, etc...... but.... our schools suck as much as the did when the lottery started..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 WOW - A grow house. That is the best idea that I have heard yet. All these stupid, idiotic ideas involving Hotels, Movie Studios, Housing, etc.The damn place is a white elephant and a dump. It needs to be torn down. Move On.But Free Weed for Everyone. That is an idea whose time has come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I disagree. That is not a good idea. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Yawn... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderroller Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 WOW - A grow house. That is the best idea that I have heard yet. All these stupid, idiotic ideas involving Hotels, Movie Studios, Housing, etc.The damn place is a white elephant and a dump. It needs to be torn down. Move On.But Free Weed for Everyone. That is an idea whose time has come."Free Weed" for everyone?Knock Knock. Hello. What actually would be "free"?Pot sales would lead to the largest tax base in the city. Hands down. Not to mention the creation of new jobs, increased standard of living, reduced crime..... and on.. and on.....There is no other product, nor service, that would bring in more tax revenue from the use of the Astrodome. None. Nada. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I’m all for the grow house idea. For medicinal purposes only of course. Maybe it could be a grow house AND a movie studio. We would get tax dollars and it would likely attract more Hollywood people. They would in fact probably be some of our best customers. What better place for a sequel to Harold and Kumar or the Pineapple Express? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I’m all for the grow house idea. For medicinal purposes only of course. Maybe it could be a grow house AND a movie studio. We would get tax dollars and it would likely attract more Hollywood people. They would in fact probably be some of our best customers. What better place for a sequel to Harold and Kumar or the Pineapple Express? ...and Willie would be in town more often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderroller Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 TOP 10 USES FOR THE ASTRODOME1. Grow House (largest indoor grow house in the world... can tour and test like the Budweiser plant too)2. Amatuer Porn Movie Studio (come on baby... let's go film a home movie...) 3. Internet Porn Studio (always wanted to start my own internet porn site)4. Missile Silo5. Future Home of the Houston Moose Knucklers (after the expansion of the Lingerie Football League)6. Five Star Dome (how many full size restaurants could fit in there? visualize the TOP 100 five stars in there.. TOP 200?)7. Food Court Dome (you got it... the largest congregation of fast food restaurants under one roof in the WORLD)8. Children's Museum (largest on planet earth)9. Energy Trading Dome10. Casino Just kinda popped in my head you know..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peeping Tom Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) TOP 10 USES FOR THE ASTRODOME1. Grow House (largest indoor grow house in the world... can tour and test like the Budweiser plant too)2. Amatuer Porn Movie Studio (come on baby... let's go film a home movie...) 3. Internet Porn Studio (always wanted to start my own internet porn site)4. Missile Silo5. Future Home of the Houston Moose Knucklers (after the expansion of the Lingerie Football League)6. Five Star Dome (how many full size restaurants could fit in there? visualize the TOP 100 five stars in there.. TOP 200?)7. Food Court Dome (you got it... the largest congregation of fast food restaurants under one roof in the WORLD)8. Children's Museum (largest on planet earth)9. Energy Trading Dome10. Casino Just kinda popped in my head you know.....I think you ought to give the maryjane a rest.Despite the obstacles, at least the hotel and movie studio ideas could really be beneficial to Houston at some point. And if not, at least we could say we gave it a shot. The Astrodome deserves better than to have its destruction come about because some pot head wants to take the easy way out (typical behavior). Edited August 19, 2009 by Peeping Tom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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