45s were an expansion team that set up shop at Colt Stadium south of the site where the Astrodome would be built. EXPLAINED: Why did AstroWorld close? Revisiting the Houston landmark and its legacy.

As the Astros switch from Minute Maid Park to Daikin Park, a look at names of key stadiums in the Houston area: Astros Colt Stadium: Before the Astros were the Astros, they played as the Colt .45s in ...

The idea of a domed stadium wasn’t new, but it took Judge Roy Hofheinz, a larger-than-life Houston booster ... football’s Oilers and baseball’s Colt 45s not with shovels but with six ...