Reliant Stadium
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| Reliant Stadium | |
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| Location | One Reliant Park Houston, Texas 77054 |
| Broke ground | March 2000 |
| Opened | August 24, 2002 |
| Closed | Open |
| Demolished | N/A |
| Owner | Harris County, Texas |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | $352 million |
| Architect | HOK Sport |
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| N/A | |
| Tenants | |
| Houston Texans (NFL) (2002-present) Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (a.k.a, HSLR) (2002-present) |
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| Seats | |
| 69,500 (expandable to 72,000) | |
Reliant Stadium is a football stadium in Houston, Texas. It is the home base for the Houston Texans of the NFL. It served as the host facility for Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004. The game saw the New England Patriots defeat the Carolina Panthers, 32-29, but the game was marred by the controversial Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show. The 2002 and 2005 Big 12 conference championship football games were held at the site also. College Football's Texas Bowl and East-West Shrine Game are also hosted at the stadium on a yearly basis. The stadium seats 69,500, but can accommodate over 70,000 for most regular season games and is expandable to 72,000 for special events.
Reliant Stadium is the first stadium in the NFL to have a retractable roof. The first game played was on August 24, 2002, as the Texans played 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 in an upset.
On April 7, 2005, it hosted a historic tribute concert to the late pop star Selena. Among the celebrities to perform that night were Gloria Estefan, Thalía, Paulina Rubio, and Ana Gabriel.
Reliant Stadium is part a collection of venues (including the Reliant Astrodome), which are collectively called, Reliant Park. The stadium was designed and built for two major tenants, the Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The entire complex is named for Reliant Energy under a 32-year, $300 million naming rights deal in 2000. Reliant Energy and its subsidiaries provide electricity and energy services to retail and wholesale customers in the U.S.
The 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four will be held at Reliant Stadium.
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| Preceded by: first stadium |
Home of the Houston Texans 2002–present |
Succeeded by: current |
| Current Football Venues in the Southwestern Athletic Conference |
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| Ace W. Mumford Stadium (Southern) • Blackshear Stadium (Prairie View A&M) • Crampton Bowl (Alabama State) • Eddie Robinson Stadium (Grambling State) • Jack Spinks Stadium (Alcorn State) • Lion Stadium (Arkansas-Pine Bluff) • Louis Crews Stadium (Alabama A&M) • Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (Jackson State) • Reliant Stadium (Texas Southern-secondary) • Rice-Totten Field (Mississippi Valley State) • Robertson Stadium (Texas Southern-primary) |
