[Speech promoting Houston for the 1966 LULAC National Convention, by John J. Herrera] Page: 3 of 8
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LAW OFFICES OF
JOHN J. HERRERA
Telephone CA 8-4341
708 SCANLAN BLDG.
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002
wilt be cornp i ete and have a f f of the bugs out of it by the time that
you com# to see us in June of *66. The Harris County Domed
Stadium will be the worlds first air conditioned Stadium for
baseball, footha i t, and other sports events* J t will be approx-
mate Iy 200 feet high, cost well over $20 mil Hon to bu iId, and the
dorae will be covered with a translucent cover which will perm it
sunlight and grass growth. Its di aruoter; 650' feet* ft will seat
46,21? for basebalI, 52*913 for football, and up to 66,000 for
boxing* All seats will be ai r-conditioned, winter and summer* The
©eating arrangement can be changed from football to baseball In
five in I nut ea. There wilt be five decks of seats and no supporting
columns. The playing field wilt be about 25 feet below ground*
It will be built on an area encompassing some j%$0 acres, w t
parking for 25,000 cars# The Houston Dome Sta m will be at the
servi co. of the Lu I acs during the If 66 Com* k here In th
Dome Stadium you will be able to
team the Houston Colts 45'® pi
Lu I ac U i ght and a garfie will
the hmmrn of the HoustonycJJ'C&rK, \trofe
The Houston Dome Stadf
both the Nat iona.
party in 1968
at i on
c will have a special
to the Lufacs* This is
aI Football team,
s now talked .of as the scene of
anl^iprK fojr tHe Republican and the Democratic
apportun ity for you and your family
to see one of &h«Ke i ght Xohders of the modern world# How under
construction in ij^sl^Siy^i s the Jesse If Jones Hall of the Preform-
ing Arts an 8 million dollar structure which will be built on
a complete city black which was the alt* of the 1938 National
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LuIac Convention, ^h i s auditorium will be complete In 1966*
It will be one of the most modern structures in the world* During
the past year two new hotels were built in Houston the Americana
Hotel on Smith and Pease Avenues and the Sheraton Lincoln at
Louisana and Potk. These Hotel a which are modern In every respect
raise the potential rooms available for all conventione to one-
thousand f I ve hundred more rooms. We have four new <lowntown
motels just finished*
Brother and sister LuIacs I take this opportunity on behalf
of Houston Council No* 60 Houston Ladle® Counci I No. 22 and Houston
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Herrera, John J. [Speech promoting Houston for the 1966 LULAC National Convention, by John J. Herrera], text, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth250612/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library.