Brittany Wetterer, David Denenburg, Beth Wiedower Jackson, Nicole Romano at the inaugural gathering of the Dome Society, young professionals dedicatyed to saving the Astrodome. (Photo by Jenny Antill)
If Gen Z led movements can bring down a government as recently happened in Bulgaria, can Houston’s Gen Z and millennial preservationists save the Astrodome? That is the premise behind the Dome Society, a next generation patrons circle, more specifically an organization of Houston young professionals committed to saving the Eighth Wonder of the World.
This clutch of Astrodome fans began their Astrodome preservation drive over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at Houston hipster Hotel St. Augustine with Mason Hunt and Brittany Wetterer leading the charge. Co-chairs in abstentia but nevertheless involved were philanthropist Gillian Sarofim and Skylar Pinchal, a native Houstonian living in London…