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Reliant Stadium

Stadium information
LocationOne Reliant Park Houston, Texas 77054
Broke groundMarch 2000
OpenedAugust 24, 2002
OwnerHarris County, Texas
OperatorSMG World
SurfaceGrass
Construction cost$352 million
ArchitectPopulous
Structural engineerWalter P Moore Engineers and Consultants
Main contractorsManhattan / Beers (a joint venture)
Capacity71,500 Attendance 72,744 - Wrestling Events
TenantsHouston Texans (NFL) (2002 � present)
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (a.k.a, HLSR) (2002 � present)
Bayou Bucket (NCAA) (2004)
Texas Bowl (NCAA) (2006 � present)
WWE WrestleMania XXV (April 5, 2009)

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Reliant Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Houston, Texas, USA. Reliant Stadium has a seating capacity of 71,500, a total square footage of 1900000 sqft (176515.8 m2) with 97000 sqft (9011.6 m2) of natural grass playing surface.

Reliant Stadium is part of a collection of venues (including the Reliant Astrodome), which are collectively called Reliant Park.

The stadium was constructed at the cost of $352 million. Reliant Stadium is the first facility in the NFL to have a retractable roof.

The entire complex is named for Reliant Energy under a 32-year, US$300 million naming rights deal in 2000.

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 and WrestleMania XXV on April 5, 2009.

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FCS Season Preview: SWAC - Sports Network Tweet this news
Sports Network--5 in the Labor Day Classic at Houston's -Reliant Stadium- and Grambling State on Sept. 25 in the State Fair Classic at Dallas' Cotton Bowl. ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:32:59 GMT+00:00
Houston Texans Choose Txtstation Mobile Marketing to Take Their Fans ... - MMD Newswire (press release) Tweet this news
MMD Newswire (press release)---...- Houston Texans and Txtstation Mobile Marketing have announced a two-year partnership to bring real-time interactivity to fans while at -Reliant Stadium-. ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:50:30 GMT+00:00
Cowboys, wagons to watch: Tuesday, July 13 - Calgary Herald Tweet this news
Calgary Herald---...- to action after spending three and a half months recovering from tearing the tendon off his left bicep at the -Reliant Stadium- rodeo in Houston. ... - Date : Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:06:28 GMT+00:00
No Popularity? World Cup Final Draws 24 Million In The US - Bleacher Report Tweet this news
Bleacher Report--Manchester United comes to the United Sates to take on the Philadelphia Union, Kansas City Wizards, and the MLS All Stars at -Reliant Stadium-. ... - Date : Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:17:33 GMT+00:00
Real Salt Lake notebook: Team secures Nelson Gonzalez for 2011 season - Deseret News Tweet this news
Deseret News--This year's MLS All-Star Team will face Manchester United on July 28 at -Reliant Stadium- in Houston. Real Salt Lake has never had a player voted into the MLS ... - Date : Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:30:41 GMT+00:00
SHSU's Fritz To Speak On August 3rd - KBTX Tweet this news
KBTX---...- football season which includes the "Battle of the Piney Woods" rivalry game with Stephen F. Austin to be held at -Reliant Stadium- in Houston this fall. ... - Date : Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:55:45 GMT+00:00
Texans adding more temporary suites to field level concourse - Examiner.com Tweet this news
Examiner.com--The Texans are squeezing four more temporary suites into the field level concourse at -Reliant Stadium- according to Don Muret of the Sports Business Journal ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:51:04 GMT+00:00
Cushing addresses suspension - FS Houston Tweet this news
FS Houston---...- or ingesting any illegal substance” that would enhance his performance during an 11 minute press conference at -Reliant Stadium- Thursday afternoon. ... - Date : Thu, 13 May 2010 20:14:39 GMT+00:00
Mexico vs Angola 2010 De Futbol Live Stream Channels - Artuji Tweet this news
Artuji--At the soccer International Friendly, it's Mexico vs Angola 2010 de futbol live from -Reliant Stadium-, Houston in Texas starting 9:00 PM ET. ... - Date : Fri, 14 May 2010 01:00:44 GMT+00:00
Soccer Notebook: Mexico might win US popularity vote - Houston Chronicle Tweet this news
Houston Chronicle--The visit will be Mexico's ninth to -Reliant Stadium-, where the team drew 69582 on May 8, 2003, against the United States in its first visit to the stadium. ... - Date : Sat, 08 May 2010 05:01:40 GMT+00:00

Current stadiums of the National Football League

American Football
Conference		Arrowhead Stadium * Cleveland Browns Stadium * Gillette Stadium * Heinz Field * Invesco Field at Mile High * Jacksonville Municipal Stadium * LP Field * Lucas Oil Stadium * M&T Bank Stadium * New Meadowlands Stadium * Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum * Paul Brown Stadium * Qualcomm Stadium * Ralph Wilson Stadium * Reliant Stadium * Rogers Centre1 * Sun Life Stadium
National Football
Conference		Bank of America Stadium * Candlestick Park * Cowboys Stadium * Edward Jones Dome * FedExField * Ford Field * Georgia Dome * Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome * Lambeau Field * Lincoln Financial Field * Louisiana Superdome * New Meadowlands Stadium * Qwest Field * Raymond James Stadium * Soldier Field * University of Phoenix Stadium
Pro BowlAloha Stadium
International SeriesWembley Stadium
Hall of Fame GameFawcett Stadium
1 Home stadium of Buffalo Bills for one regular season game each year.

Football stadiums of the Southwestern Athletic Conference

Ace W. Mumford Stadium (Southern) * Blackshear Stadium (Prairie View A&M) * Cramton Bowl (Alabama State) * Eddie Robinson Stadium (Grambling State) * Jack Spinks Stadium (Alcorn State) * Legion Field (SWAC Championship Game) * Golden 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) * Alexander Durley Stadium (Texas Southern)

Big 12 Championship Game venues

Trans World Dome (1996, 1998) * Alamodome (1997, 1999, 2007) * Arrowhead Stadium (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008) * Texas Stadium (2001) * Reliant Stadium (2002, 2005) * Cowboys Stadium (2009, 2010) |

Current NCAA Division I FBS college football bowl game stadiums

Alamodome (Alamo) * Aloha Stadium (Hawaiʻi, Hula) * Amon G. Carter Stadium (Armed Forces) * AT&T Park (Kraft Fight Hunger) * Bank of America Stadium (Meineke) * Bronco Stadium (Humanitarian Bowl) * Cotton Bowl (Dallas) * Cowboys Stadium (Cotton) * Ford Field (Little Caesars Pizza) * Georgia Dome (Chick-fil-A) * Independence Stadium (Independence) * Jacksonville Municipal Stadium (Gator) * LP Field (Music City) * Ladd Peebles Stadium (GMAC, Senior) * Florida Citrus Bowl (Champs Sports, Capital One, East-West Shrine) * Legion Field (Papajohns.com) * Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Liberty) * Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, Sugar) * Qualcomm Stadium (Poinsettia, Holiday) * Raymond James Stadium (Outback) * Reliant Stadium (Texas) * Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (EagleBank) * Rose Bowl (Rose, BCS Nat'l Champ.) * Sam Boyd Stadium (Maaco) * Sun Bowl Stadium (Sun, Texas v. Nation) * Sun Devil Stadium (Insight) * Sun Life Stadium (Orange) * Tropicana Field (Beef 'O' Brady's) * University Stadium (New Mexico) * University of Phoenix Stadium (Fiesta) * Yankee Stadium (Pinstripe)

Texas college football venues

Archdeaconry of Totnes
Big 12Darrell K Royal � Texas Memorial Stadium (Texas) * Floyd Casey Stadium (Baylor)
Jones AT&T Stadium (Texas Tech) * Kyle Field (Texas A&M)
Conference USAGerald J. Ford Stadium (SMU) * Rice Stadium (Rice) * Robertson Stadium (Houston) * Sun Bowl Stadium (UTEP)
Mountain WestAmon G. Carter Stadium (TCU)
Sun BeltFouts Field (North Texas)
Archdeaconry of Totnes
SouthlandBobcat Stadium (Texas State) * Bowers Stadium (Sam Houston State) * Homer Bryce Stadium (Stephen F. Austin) * Provost Umphrey Stadium (Lamar)
SWACAlexander Durley Sports Complex (Texas Southern) * Blackshear Stadium (Prairie View A&M)
Archdeaconry of Totnes
Lone StarJavelina Stadium (Texas A&M �Kingsville) * Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium (Incarnate Word) * Kimbrough Memorial Stadium (West Texas A&M) * Memorial Stadium (Commerce) (Texas A&M �Commerce) * Memorial Stadium (Stephenville) (Tarleton State) * Memorial Stadium (Wichita Falls) (Midwestern State) * San Angelo Stadium (Angelo State) * Shotwell Stadium (Abilene Christian)
Archdeaconry of Totnes
American
Southwest		Gordon Wood Stadium (Howard Payne) * Jackson Field (Sul Ross State) * Matador Stadium (Texas Lutheran) * Ornelas Stadium (East Texas Baptist) * Shelton Stadium (Hardin-Simmons) * Tiger Field (Mary Hardin-Baylor) * Wilford Moore Stadium (McMurry)
SCACE. M. Stevens Football Stadium (Trinity) * Jerry Apple Stadium (Austin)
Archdeaconry of Totnes
CSFLRose Stadium (Texas College)
IndependentLumpkins Stadium (Southwestern Assemblies)

Super Bowl host venues

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (I, VII) * Miami Orange Bowl (II, III, V, X, XIII) * Tulane Stadium (IV, VI, IX) * Rice Stadium (VIII) * Rose Bowl (XI, XIV, XVII, XXI, XXVII) * Louisiana Superdome (XII, XV, XX, XXIV, XXXI, XXXVI, XLVII) * Pontiac Silverdome (XVI) * Tampa Stadium (XVIII, XXV) * Stanford Stadium (XIX) * Qualcomm Stadium (XXII, XXXII, XXXVII) * Sun Life Stadium (XXIII, XXIX, XXXIII, XLI, XLIV) * Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (XXVI) * Georgia Dome (XXVIII, XXXIV) * Sun Devil Stadium (XXX) * Raymond James Stadium (XXXV, XLIII) * Reliant Stadium (XXXVIII) * Jacksonville Municipal Stadium (XXXIX) * Ford Field (XL) * University of Phoenix Stadium (XLII) * Cowboys Stadium (XLV) * Lucas Oil Stadium (XLVI) * New Meadowlands Stadium (XLVIII)

WrestleMania venues

Madison Square Garden (I, X, XX) * Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (2, VII) * Rosemont Horizon (2, 13, 22) * Nassau Coliseum (2) * Pontiac Silverdome (III) * Trump Plaza (IV, V) * Skydome (VI, X8) * Hoosier Dome (VIII) * Caesars Palace (IX) * Hartford Civic Center (XI) * Arrowhead Pond (XII, 2000) * FleetCenter (XIV) * First Union Center (XV) * Reliant Astrodome (X-Seven) * Safeco Field (XIX) * Staples Center (21) * Ford Field (23) * Citrus Bowl (XXIV) * Reliant Stadium (XXV) * University of Phoenix Stadium (XXVI) * Georgia Dome (XXVII)



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