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| What Houston's Talking About |
| 💉 Officials Urge Rodeo Goers to Get Measles Vaccination | Local officials and health experts are encouraging Houstonians to get their measles vaccinations before visiting the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which opens today. Two million people usually visit the rodeo from all over the state. Right now, there are more than 140 cases of measles across Texas, including two potential measles cases that the Houston Health Department is investigating. [Houston Public Media] | | | 🏀 University of Houston Wins Second Big 12 Title | University of Houston has won their second consecutive Big 12 men’s basketball regular season championship. The basketball team is the first in a century to join a major existing conference and win the season championship two years in a row. They will play later this month in the quarterfinals in Kansas City. [Big 12 Sports] | | | 💰 Tariffs Hit Car Insurance and Beer, HISD Closures, & Weather Firings | When Superintendent Mike Miles took over HISD, he promised no immediate school closures. But with enrollment dropping, that’s changing. City Cast Houston podcast host Raheel Ramzanali and Chron.com’s Faith Bugenhagen break it down. Plus, how Trump’s tariffs could raise car insurance and beer prices, and what a freeze on federal funding means for Harris County’s disaster response. [City Cast Houston 🎧] |
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| | | Before you head to NRG Park, kick off your fun in Downtown Houston. Grab a bite, catch live music, and soak in the energy of the city before you follow the Texas sized decals to METRO’s Red Line—the fastest, easiest way to get to the Houston Rodeo. |
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| Houston Chatter: Should Houstonians Pay For a New Stadium? |
|  | The inside of NRG Stadium after it was damaged by Hurricane Beryl. Repairs have been made on the roof since then. (Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers/ Getty Images) |
| Texans might build a brand new stadium to replace NRG, which hosts football games, concerts, and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Right now, NRG Stadium and the surrounding NRG Park need more than $2 billion worth of repairs. There’s been ongoing questions on who should cover the costs — Harris County, the Rodeo, or the Texans, or some combination of the three. If the Texans move forward with a new stadium, taxpayers may cover the cost. Do you think Houstonians should foot the bill for a new stadium? Or should someone else? | | Here’s how some Houstonians feel: | | 💰 Edward thinks the team should look into outside funding: “I am okay with a new stadium. Very little public funding. Build it somewhere, where you can get more for your buck. Like Downtown, The Woodlands, turn it into a huge complex, so it would be usable year round … My sense is that they could get this done using a little creativity. ” | | 🏈 Lucas thinks Texans should foot the bill: “Rich owner wants someone else to pay for his team to play 8 games in. Owners need to pay up.” | | 👀 Eileen does not want to help pay for it: “NOPE. If they want a new stadium, the team can pay for it.” | | 🤪 David thinks taxpayers footing the bill is insanity: “Let me see if I got this right: We’ve got a multi-billionaire football team owner, playing in a football league that’s so incredibly wealthy that the commissioner reportedly gets paid $64 million per year, and the average football team is worth at least $6.5 billion, and the Texans want the taxpayer to pick up the tab for a new playhouse? Do I have that right? Given that our infrastructure is crumbling, our roads are falling apart, massive flooding has become a routine event, and the city is facing massive budget shortfalls, how can anyone be stupid enough to support spending hundreds of millions (if not billions) to pay for a stadium to replace one that is barely more than 20 years old. This is insanity.” | | 🏆 Troy says this on getting public support for funding: “Win a superbowl and we’ll think about it.” | | The Houston Chatter responses have been lightly edited for clarity. | | |
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