Roy Hofheinz on Astrodome Construction (1963)

Duration: 2:15

Year Published: 1963

Sound: sound

Description: In this news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, broadcast on October 29, 1963, reporter Lee Tucker interviews former Houston Mayor Roy Hofheinz about the construction of the Houston Astrodome. The Astrodome was expected to be completed by April 1965, months before the stadium planned to host a religious service with the Reverend Billy Graham that winter.