Where is reliant stadium located

However, this was contingent on the city and investors working together to develop a stadium deal. Named the Houston Texans, the new team partnered with the Livestock Show and Rodeo to build a stadium.

Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new stadium, built adjacent to the Astrodome, began in early In October , Reliant Energy purchased the naming rights, thus the facility was named Reliant Stadium. NRG Stadium has a seating capacity of 71,, consisting of three main tiers that enclose the field. A retractable roof was chosen for the stadium, mainly because of the late summer heat and the stadium hosts rodeos, that attract two million people annually.

The roof opens or closes in seven minutes, 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.

NRG Stadium has many amenities including over 8, club seats, luxury suites, club lounges and bars, and a Texans team store. Before the second home game of the season, the Texans announced the grass playing field would be replaced with Fieldturf due to issues with the tray system that is used to transport grass into and out of the stadium. The Bengals bye week was moved from October 26 to November 9, originally scheduled for the Ravens. Both the Texans and Ravens took their unexpected bye week in week 2, the weekend Hurricane Ike hit East Texas and the Gulf Coast, despite the fact that both teams were preparing that whole week to play that game as scheduled.

The stadium reopened on October 5, when the Texans hosted the Indianapolis Colts and hosted three additional home games in October. The stadium was repaired by Houston-based rope access inspection and construction firm Reel Group Americas on February 13, The architects of Populous and the HSC worked together with engineers from Walter P Moore and Uni-Systems to design the stadium utilizing the principles of kinetic architecture.

At night, the building appears to glow from within. NRG Stadium has over 7, club seats, luxury suites, and multiple lounges and bars. One of the most notable aspects of the design is the stadium's retractable, fabric roof.

The roof mechanization consists of two large panels that split apart at the 50 yard line, lying over and above each end zone when fully retracted. Ten parallel, tri-chord trusses ride on two parallel rails, each supported by a large, ft m -long super-truss. Roof operation is controlled in the stadium press box via computer, containing live images of the travel path of each roof panel; plus, furnishing live feedback from all roof components throughout the operation.

The roof panels can be opened or closed in as little as 7 minutes, moving at a speed of up to 35 feet 11 m -per-minute. One bleacher section behind the north end zone , called the "Bull Pen", is the designated fan section for the hometeam. The fans in the Bull Pen interact directly with the action on the field, helping to create and implement fan traditions, songs, chants, and other elements of the game-day experience for spectators all over the stadium.

Fans in the Bull Pen are encouraged to stand throughout the game, sing, cheer, and otherwise support the team in an enthusiastic manner. In , Reliant updated their logo and therefore had to update their signage all over the stadium. In December , it was announced that, in order to help bring the Super Bowl back to Houston, the stadium's end zone displays would be replaced with the largest digital displays in any professional sports venue.

The video screens were revealed August 16, and are the largest of their kind, at a total of 14, square feet of screens. The annual calendar consists of 8 regular season and 2 pre-season games, plus any playoff games the Texans might host.

The first game played was on August 24, , in front of 69, in attendance as the Texans hosted the Miami Dolphins in their first preseason game. The first regular season game was played on September 8 of that year, where the expansion Texans defeated the Dallas Cowboys 19—10 in front of 69, Playing in front of a then franchise-record crowd of 70,, the Texans defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 30— Since then that record crowd has been broken in the next 2 Texans home games of that season.

Their December 7 home game against the Tennessee Titans saw a then record-crowd of 70, and the December 28 home finale against the Chicago Bears drew then a current franchise-crowd record of 70, That record was broken on November 23, , when a record crowd of 71, were in attendance during the Texans second ever Monday Night Football game against Houston's former NFL team, the Tennessee Titans. The Texans home finale of the season against the New England Patriots on January 3, drew 71, Reliant Stadium hosted the Texans' first playoff game in franchise history on January 7, , with Houston defeating the Cincinnati Bengals in an AFC Wild Card game, drawing 71,, the largest crowd ever to see a Texans game at Reliant Stadium.

The stadium includes a service area level to house rodeo livestock. The bulls, broncs, steers and roping calves are housed in the north end of the stadium under the lower bowl. Loading and unloading dock space to support the rodeo is located on the north end of the stadium. During rodeo performances, rolling doors will separate the dock into two receiving areas to isolate the food and concession deliveries from the rodeo equipment and livestock deliveries.

A 42 ft 13 m concert performance stage is located at the south end of the stadium during rodeo events and is moved into the center of the facility by a hydraulic drive system for rodeo concert performances. College football's Texas Bowl is annually hosted at the stadium.

The first-ever edition of the game in December featured a game between Rutgers and Kansas State , with Rutgers winning, 37— The stadium hosted the Houston Bowl before the Texas Bowl's inception and also hosted both the and Big 12 Championship Games. The game featured Houston native Vince Young at quarterback for Texas and led the Longhorns to a 70—3 rout of Colorado in front of 71, In addition, the East-West Shrine Game was held there in The Bayou Bucket Classic was held there in , and in , the game was announced to be played at Reliant Stadium for the and seasons as well.

The stadium will also host the "Battle of the Piney Woods" starting in The series is scheduled to run until NRG Stadium hosts several international club matches each year. The games are generally held in the spring and summer before the NFL season starts. The Gold Cup matches in included Round 1 matches, and a quarterfinal doubleheader match. The venue's attendance record was set during a preparation match between the Mexican national team and the U.