Houston Astros

The 2022 World Series Champion, Houston Astros have called our city 'home' since 1962. The 'Stros, as locals lovingly call their hometown baseball team, began playing at Colt Stadium, moved to the world-famous Astrodome in 1965, and since 2000 reside at Daikin Park (formerly known as Minute Maid Park) in Downtown Houston .

Daikin Park, completed in 2000, is the Houston Astros’s downtown home. Daikin Park's retractable roof technology brought open-air baseball to Houston for the first time in 35 years. The natural grass surface and classic architecture provided Daikin Park the atmosphere of the great ballparks of baseball's Golden Age.

On October 17, 1960, Houston was awarded a franchise in the ten-team National League. The Houston Colt .45s played their first major league game on April 10, 1962, defeating the Chicago Cubs 11-2. In 1965, The Houston Colt .45s became the Houston Astros and inaugurated indoor baseball with a 2-1 exhibition win over the New York Yankees on April 9 in the Astrodome. The Astros played their first game at Daikin Park, then Enron Field, on March 30, 2000.

Check out our blog post The Astros Experience in Houston to make your visit to Daikin Park a memorable one.