NRG Stadium
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| Former names | Reliant Stadium (2002–2014) |
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| Address | 1 NRG Parkway |
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29°41′5″N 95°24′39″W / 29.68472°N 95.41083°WCoordinates: 29°41′5″N 95°24′39″W / 29.68472°N 95.41083°W |
| Public transit | Reliant Park |
| Owner | Harris County |
| Operator | SMG World |
| Executive suites | 196 |
| Capacity | 71,795 (expandable to 80,000 for concerts) |
| Record attendance | 80,020 – George Strait — The Cowboy Rides Away Tour, March 17, 2013 |
| Surface | UBU Sports Speed Series S5-M |
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| Broke ground | March 9, 2000 |
| Opened | August 24, 2002 |
| Construction cost | US$352 million |
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Populous (then HOK Sport) Houston Stadium Consultants (Architect-of-Record) a joint venture with Lockwood Andrews Newnam and Hermes Architects. |
| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | Manhattan/Beers (a joint venture) |
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Houston Texans (NFL) (2002–present) (2003–present) Texas Bowl (NCAA) (2006–present) Houston Cougars (NCAA) (2013) |
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NRG Stadium (pronounced as Energy Stadium), formerly Reliant Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium, in Houston, Texas, United States. NRG Stadium has a seating capacity of 71,795, a total area of 1,900,000 square feet (180,000 m2) with a 97,000 sq ft (9,000 m2) playing surface.
The stadium is the home of the National Football League's Houston Texans, the , the Texas Bowl, international soccer matches for the USA National Soccer Team, and other events. The stadium served as the host facility for Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004, Super Bowl LI on February 5, 2017, and WrestleMania XXV on April 5, 2009.
NRG Stadium is part of a collection of venues (including the Astrodome), which are collectively called NRG Park. The entire complex is named for NRG Energy under a 32-year, US$300 million naming rights deal in 2000.
The stadium was constructed at the cost of $352 million. NRG Stadium is the first facility in the NFL to have a retractable roof.
In February 2017, NRG Stadium hosted Super Bowl LI. It also hosted all 10 of the University Interscholastic League's Texas high school football championship games at the conclusion of the 2015 season.
The Houston NFL Holdings group came to Populous (then HOK Sport) to begin the schematic design for the first-ever NFL retractable roof football stadium in 1997. The intention was to create a football stadium to replace the Astrodome that would operate like an open-air facility but have the intimacy and comfort of an indoor arena. With the design for football and the square footage requirements of the rodeo, the building was designed in the 1,900,000-square-foot (180,000 m2) range. Groundbreaking for the stadium was on March 9, 2000 and the building was officially topped off in October 2001. The stadium opened on August 24, 2002, with a preseason game between the Miami Dolphins and Houston Texans which the Dolphins won 24–3. The stadium hosted its first regular season NFL football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans on September 8, 2002. Construction was completed in 30 months. The first rodeo was held in the stadium in February 2003.
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