shaped building seen in the opening credits is the Astrohall.  After Reliant Energy owned the naming rights to the Astrodomain  since October 2000, the Astrohall was demolished in May 2002 to make  way for a parking lot for Reliant Stadium. In reality, the Astrohall  was used for livestock exhibitions because the Houston Livestock  Show and Rodeo was one of the tenants.