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South - Houston Texans - Reliant
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Two Reliant Park
Houston, TX 77054
Name: Reliant Stadium
Home Team: Houston Texans
CAPACITY: 69,500
PLAYING SURFACE: GRASS
YEAR OPEN: 2002
ROOF: RETRACTABLE
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Home of the Houston Texans, Reliant Stadium was
the first of its kind in the NFL, with a retractable
roof when it opened in September 2002. Prior to
1997, Houston had a NFL franchise, the Houston Oilers.
After thirty years of playing in Houston, TX at
the Astrodome, the Oilers began demanding that a
new football only stadium be built in the mid 1990’s.
After numerous attempts to get a stadium failed,
the team decided to move to Nashville, TN after
the 1996 season. Once the Oilers left for Nashville,
a group including Bob McNair, got HOK sport to design
a new retractable roof stadium, that could help
lure a team back to Houston. In 1999, convinced
by the Houston group, the NFL awarded the area a
new franchise, the Houston Texans to begin playing
in 2002.
The Texans partnered with the Livestock Show and
Rodeo in building a stadium. Groundbreaking ceremonies
for the new stadium, which was built near the Astrodome,
began in early 2000. In October 2000, Reliant Energy
purchased the naming rights, thus the facility was
named Reliant Stadium.
The Houston Texans played their first regular season
game at Reliant Stadium on September 8, 2002 against
the Dallas Cowboys. Reliant Stadium has a capacity
of around 69,000, in three main tiers of seats that
enclose the field. A retractable roof was chosen
for the stadium because of the late summer heat
and because the stadium will host rodeos, that bring
in an annual 2 million people. The roof consists
of two sections that meet over the 50 yard line
when it is closed. When the roof is open, each section
is above the seats in the endzone. Reliant Stadium
has many amenities including over 7,000 club seats,
166 luxury suites, club lounges and bars, and a
Texans team store. Although it has only been open
for several years, Reliant Stadium has already been
host to one of the biggest games in football, the
2004 Super Bowl.
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Construction
Began: March 2000
Opened: September 8, 2002
Cost: $325 Million
Architect: HOK |
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