"It's all so very exciting," said Hofheinz Anton, who sat next to President Lyndon B. Johnson when the Astrodome opened amid much fanfare with an exhibition against the Yankees on April 9, 1965.
The hour-long documentary is a shared vision of MLB Network and Texas Crew Productions. Chip Rives, senior producer at Texas Crew, said he and production partner David Karabinas came up with the idea of creating a program to celebrate the legacy of the Astrodome seven years ago, and the city rallied to support with donations of money and even some footage.