What Happened to the Compaq Center? ABANDONED?

In 2001, the Compaq Center was destined to be abandoned after the Houston Rockets moved to the Toyota Center downtown. Desperate for cash, the city put the championship arena up for sale hoping the impossible would happen, and the impossible did happen. After a $95 million dollar renovation, Lakewood Church opened their new facility in 2005 and has since never looked back with Joel Osteen preaching to almost 45,000 church-goers weekly.

Before Lakewood Church bought the venue originally known as the Summit, the Houston Rockets played four Finals series there and names like Hakeem Olajuwon, Moses Malone, Kenny Smith, Rudy Tomjanovich, Ralph Sampson, among many others, raced up and down the court. The Houston Comets won Finals championships four years in a row from 1997-2000 before later folding as an organization. The Summit hosted many of Houston's greatest concerts and held countless other events throughout its life.

Join us in this video as we tell the complete story of the iconic sports venue from the Rockets days in the San Diego to cash being found in the walls of Lakewood church in 2017.

00:00 - Intro
1:28 - San Diego Rockets
3:57 - Houston Rockets Build New Arena
6:30 - The Summit Opens
10:20 - Rockets Back-to-Back Finals Wins
15:25 - Team moves to Toyota Center
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19:43 - Beginning of Lakewood Church
22:54 - Lakewood Leases Compaq Center
26:29 - Lakewood Church Opens After Renovation
30:15 - Conclusion

What Happened to the Compaq Center? ABANDONED?

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