Harris County Domed Stadium

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domed stadium historic place indoor stadium landmark multi-purpose stadium sports stadium

Harris County Domed Stadium, better known as the Houston Astrodome, is a pioneering indoor sports stadium in Houston often called the world's first multi-purpose domed stadium.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Astrodome	5
Harris County Domed Stadium canonical	2
Astros Field	1
Reliant Park complex	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908061 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harris County Domed Stadium
Context triple: [Houston Astrodome, formerName, Harris County Domed Stadium]

A. Reliant Stadium
Reliant Stadium, now known as NRG Stadium, is a multi-purpose, retractable-roof sports venue in Houston, Texas, best known as the home of the NFL’s Houston Texans and host of major events including multiple Super Bowls.
B. Texas Stadium
Texas Stadium was a famous partially roofed football stadium in Irving, Texas, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys before its demolition in 2010.
C. Alamodome
The Alamodome is a large multi-purpose stadium in San Antonio, Texas, known for hosting major sporting events, concerts, and conventions.
D. Hornet Stadium
Hornet Stadium is an outdoor sports venue in Sacramento, California, serving as the primary home field for Sacramento State’s athletic events, especially football and track and field.
E. O'Donnell Field
O'Donnell Field is the home baseball venue for Harvard University's Harvard Crimson team, located on the university's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Harris County Domed Stadium
Target entity description: Harris County Domed Stadium, better known as the Houston Astrodome, is a pioneering indoor sports stadium in Houston often called the world's first multi-purpose domed stadium.

A. Reliant Stadium
Reliant Stadium, now known as NRG Stadium, is a multi-purpose, retractable-roof sports venue in Houston, Texas, best known as the home of the NFL’s Houston Texans and host of major events including multiple Super Bowls.
B. Texas Stadium
Texas Stadium was a famous partially roofed football stadium in Irving, Texas, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys before its demolition in 2010.
C. Alamodome
The Alamodome is a large multi-purpose stadium in San Antonio, Texas, known for hosting major sporting events, concerts, and conventions.
D. Hornet Stadium
Hornet Stadium is an outdoor sports venue in Sacramento, California, serving as the primary home field for Sacramento State’s athletic events, especially football and track and field.
E. O'Donnell Field
O'Donnell Field is the home baseball venue for Harvard University's Harvard Crimson team, located on the university's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	domed stadium ⓘ historic place ⓘ indoor stadium ⓘ landmark ⓘ multi-purpose stadium ⓘ sports stadium ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Astrodome ⓘ linked to: Harris County Domed Stadium Houston Astrodome ⓘ
architecturalStyle	domed roof ⓘ
brokeGround	1962 ⓘ
closedForRegularEvents	2008 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1962 ⓘ
cost	about 35 million US dollars ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designatedAs	State Antiquities Landmark of Texas ⓘ
hasRoofType	fixed dome ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places
heritageDesignationDate	2014 ⓘ
hostedEvent	1968 MLB All-Star Game ⓘ AstroWorld Series games in the 1980s and 1990s ⓘ Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo annual events ⓘ “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match exhibition featuring Billie Jean King (indoor version, 1973 series of events) ⓘ
inception	1965 ⓘ
influenced	design of later domed stadiums worldwide ⓘ
innovation	pioneered large-scale use of artificial turf in professional sports ⓘ
isPartOf	NRG Park ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Harris County, Texas ⓘ linked to: Harris County
locatedInCity	Houston ⓘ
locatedInState	Texas ⓘ
nickname	The Eighth Wonder of the World ⓘ linked to: Eighth Wonder of the World
notableFeature	artificial turf known as AstroTurf ⓘ
opened	1965 ⓘ
openingDate	1965-04-09 ⓘ
ownedBy	Harris County ⓘ
seatingCapacity	over 60000 (American football, original configuration) ⓘ over 67000 (baseball, original configuration) ⓘ
significantEvent	first major multi-purpose domed sports stadium in the world ⓘ first regular-season MLB game played indoors ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ baseball ⓘ basketball ⓘ rodeo ⓘ
tenant	Houston Astros ⓘ Houston Gamblers ⓘ Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ⓘ Houston Oilers ⓘ
usedFor	concerts ⓘ conventions ⓘ exhibitions ⓘ political events ⓘ religious events ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Houston Astrodome → formerName → Harris County Domed Stadium ⓘ

Colt Stadium → succeededBy → Harris County Domed Stadium ⓘ

Houston Astros–Texas Rangers rivalry → previousHoustonHomeBallpark → Astros Field ⓘ