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Land use politics In 2001 U2 filmed the music video for "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" inside the Astrodome, One of Houston's most recent downtown landmarks is Discovery Green a large public park designed by Page Southerland Page with Hargreaves Associates, Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Banking and financial services are vital to the region Forty foreign governments maintain trade and commercial offices here and the city has 23 active foreign chambers of commerce and trade associations. Twenty-two foreign banks representing 12 nations operate in Houston and provide financial assistance to the international community in 1997 Houston had offices of 84 subsidiaries of Japanese companies, The Astrodome was joined by a new neighbor in 2002 the retractable-roofed Reliant Stadium (now known as NRG Stadium) which was built to house Houston's new NFL franchise the Houston Texans the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo moved to the new venue in 2003 leaving the Astrodome without any major tenants the last concert at the Astrodome was George Strait & the Ace in the Hole Band during the 2002 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo before a record crowd of 68,266; the performance was recorded in For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome. Houston Texas Business Directory Throughout the night Mexican troops worked to fortify their camp creating breastworks out of everything they could find including saddles and brush at 9 a.m on April 21 Cos arrived with 540 reinforcements bringing the Mexican force to 1,200 men which outnumbered the Texians. Cos's men were raw recruits rather than experienced soldiers and they had marched steadily for more than 24 hours with no rest and no food. As the morning wore on with no Texian attack Mexican officers lowered their guard by afternoon Santa Anna had given permission for Cos's men to sleep; his own tired troops also took advantage of the time to rest eat and bathe. . East Texas is home to the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame located in Carthage East Texans enjoy a range of music that is influenced by gospel bluegrass blues rock country soul rhthym and blues Cajun etc Texas blues originated in East Texas with many legends having been born in the region including Lightnin' Hopkins and T-Bone Walker East Texans enjoy live music at many of the region's fairs and festivals including the Texas Rose Festival in Tyler the East Texas Yamboree in Gilmer and Longview's Great Texas Balloon Race East Texas also has many venues included in what is commonly referred to as the Texas country music circuit although the majority of such venues are located in Central/South/West Texas and the metropolitan areas of the state; Houston's current Chinatown and the Mahatma Gandhi District are two major ethnic enclaves reflecting Houston's multicultural makeup Restaurants bakeries traditional-clothing boutiques and specialty shops can be found in both areas.
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