NRG (nee Reliant) Stadium - Houston, TX
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ggmorton
N 29° 40.986 W 095° 24.648
15R E 266713 N 3286102
A football stadium with a retractable roof in Houston, TX.
Waymark Code: WM21E4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2007
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This stadium is home to the
Houston Texans of the
National Football League. For more information on the Texans see the following: (
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NRG (nee Reliant) Stadium is a multiple-use stadium in Houston, Texas. The stadium is the home of the National Football League's Houston Texans, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Texas Bowl, host to many 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.
NRG (nee Reliant) Stadium is part of a collection of venues (including the Astrodome), which are collectively called NRG (nee Reliant) Park. The entire complex is named for Reliant Energy under a 32-year, $300 million naming rights deal in 2000. Reliant Stadium has a seating capacity of 71,500, a total square footage of 1,900,000 square feet (177,000 m²) with 97,000 sq ft (9,000 m²) of natural grass playing surface. The stadium was constructed at the cost of 352 million dollars. Reliant Stadium is the first facility in the NFL to have a retractable roof.
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