by Bartee Haile
The groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 3, 1962 for the first-of-its-kind domed stadium ended with a bang as Roy Mark Hofheinz celebrated the occasion by firing his Colt .45 into the air.
Born in Beaumont and raised in Houston, Hofheinz grew up fast died not by choice but out of necessity. Just 15 when his father, a laundry truck driver, suddenly died, he finished high school in a year a…
