Gotta defer to Spoetzl here. He’s much important than I’ll ever be.
I think it would be unwise to separate Livestock Show from the Rodeo/Concerts. There is land on 288, but a shit ton of it is already committed to exhibitor trailer parking and carnival parking/RVs. Yes there’s a Carny Village. There’s also operating pump jacks out there making money. And it’s a few miles down the road. It would take a massive mass transit build out to connect the sites.
They just expanded exhibitor trailing parking, They drained a little retention pond and paved it over on 288.
The Astroworld site (RIP) is being used for parking currently.
I think the HLSR’s current preference is improvements to NRG Stadium and Center per the county lease, and knocking down NRG Arena (lease gray area) and building a new facility. No GD idea what they’d do while the new facility is being built. The Horse Show is in the Arena. Also the Rabbit and Llama Shows.
I personally like NRG Arena. The best Corral Club is there, and the auction set up is great. That said, it’s basically a giant storage facility with unpainted cement floors.