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Tralfaz

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Goodyear Blimp facility
« on: June 12, 2008, 02:37:37 pm »
In Houston for the Radiohead show at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion a few weeks back and  was wondering about an old Houston landmark.   It seems like the Goodyear Blimp hanger/facility was located right around that venue.  Anyone know?   
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Re: Goodyear Blimp facility
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 02:50:44 pm »
Goodyear Blimp was closer to Houston...45 and Holzworth in Spring.
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Re: Goodyear Blimp facility
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 04:19:10 pm »
I believe it's a gigantic car dealership now....Planet Ford, maybe?
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Re: Goodyear Blimp facility
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 07:01:40 pm »
Quote from: Tralfaz on June 12, 2008, 02:37:37 pm
In Houston for the Radiohead show at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion a few weeks back and  was wondering about an old Houston landmark.   It seems like the Goodyear Blimp hanger/facility was located right around that venue.  Anyone know?   

They recently relocated to Round Rock...
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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2008, 07:12:40 pm »
Quote from: MRaup on June 12, 2008, 07:01:40 pm
They recently relocated to Round Rock...

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Re: Goodyear Blimp facility
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2008, 09:54:36 am »
The Goodyear airship "America" was stationed at the hanger in Spring from 1969-1993, when it moved to Akron, OH.  The location of the facility was along the west side of I-45 between Cypresswood and Louetta.  The site is now occupied by a Lowes store.
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« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2008, 10:37:17 am »
Quote from: Bench on June 12, 2008, 07:12:40 pm
I'm starting to like a ballplayer I always mocked. I chuckled every time LaRussa brought him in to "turn Lance around" and laughed at the many digs at his girth on this site, but it's gotten to the point that I'm honestly rooting for him to succeed out of pure spite.

I've got no real issue with Ray King. I too always laughed when he came in just because he's so gigantic. But by all accounts, he's a good guy and a competitor. I'd enjoy nothing more than seeing him dominate in an Astro uniform.
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Re: Goodyear Blimp facility
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2008, 10:46:15 am »
Quote from: HudsonHawk on June 13, 2008, 09:54:36 am
The Goodyear airship "America" was stationed at the hanger in Spring from 1969-1993, when it moved to Akron, OH.  The location of the facility was along the west side of I-45 between Cypresswood and Louetta.  The site is now occupied by a Lowes store.

That was the middle of nowhere when I was a kid.
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