AstroWorld Construction (1968)

Duration: 7:33

Year Published: 1968

Sound: sound

Description: This raw footage for Houston’s KPRC-TV captures the construction of the AstroWorld amusement park in January 1968. Developer and former Houston Mayor Roy Hofheinz gives a behind-the-scenes tour of the 57-acre property and its themed sectors. AstroWorld opened on June 1, 1968, as part of the Astrodomain, a development complex owned by Hofheinz. Six Flags bought the park in 1975, operating it until its closure in 2005.