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About Reliant Stadium

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Reliant Stadium


Location	Houston, Texas 77054
Broke ground	March 2000
Opened	August 24, 2002
Owner	Harris County, Texas
Operator	SMG World
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	$352 million
Architect	HOK Sport
Former names	N/A
Tenants
Houston Texans (NFL) (2002-present) Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (a.k.a, HLSR) (2002-present) Texas Bowl (2006-present) Houston Bowl (NCAA) (2002-2005) East-West Shrine Game (NCAA) (2007-present)
Capacity
71,500

Reliant Stadium is a football stadium in Houston, Texas. It is of the NFL's Houston Texans and is host to many international soccer matches for the USA National Soccer Team. The stadium also served as the host facility for Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004. College Football's Texas Bowl is hosted at the stadium yearly, and it will additionally play host to the 2007 Season's East-West Shrine Game. In addition to football, the stadium hosts the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo for three weeks in February and March each year.

The seating capacity of the stadium is 71,500. It was the first stadium in the NFL to have a retractable roof, one of two (as of the 2007 NFL season) with a retractable roof. The other is University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, home of the Arizona Cardinals. Two stadiums currently under construction will have retractable roofs: Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis in 2008, and the Dallas Cowboys New Stadium in Arlington, Texas in 2009.

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The Texans have played their home games at Reliant Stadium since their inception in 2002. The annual calendar consists of 8 regular season and 2 pre-season games, plus any playoff games the Texans might host. It also hosted Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004. The game saw the New England Patriots defeat the Carolina Panthers, 32-29, and site of the controversial Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show.

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 Cowboys19-10 in an upset

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Directions & Parking

Reliant Park is located within the Inner Loop of the southern portion of Interstate Loop 610 between Kirby Street and Fannin Street. For specific driving directions and to print out a driving map, please click on the Google Maps icon.

Reliant Park Site Map
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Reliant Park Directional Map
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From the North

Take I-45 (south) or Hwy. 59 (south) to Hwy. 288 (south)
Take Hwy. 288 (south) to 610 Loop (west)
Take 610 (west) to Fannin or South Main exit
Exit and turn right on Fannin or South Main
From Fannin turn left on Naomi or Holly Hall
From South Main turn right on McNee
Enter main gate at Reliant Park

From the South

Take I-45 (north) or Hwy. 288 (north) to 610 (west) to Fannin or South Main exit
Exit and turn right on Fannin or South Main
From Fannin turn left on Naomi or Holly Hall
From South Main turn right on McNee
Enter main gate at Reliant Park

From the East

Take I-10 (west) to 610 (south)
Take 610 (south) to Fannin or South Main exit
Exit and turn right on Fannin or South Main
From Fannin turn left on Naomi or Holly Hall
From South Main turn right on McNee
Enter main gate at Reliant Park

From the West

Take I-10 (east) to 610 (south)
Take 610 (south) to South Main or Fannin exit
Exit and turn left on South Main or Fannin
From Fannin turn left on Naomi or Holly Hall
From South Main turn right on McNee
Enter main gate at Reliant Park

From Hobby Airport

Take Broadway to I-45 (north)
Take I-45 (north) to 610 (west)
Take 610 (west) to Fannin or South Main exit
Exit and turn right on Fannin or South Main
From Fannin turn left on Naomi or Holly Hall
From South Main turn right on McNee
Enter main gate at Reliant Park

From Bush IAH Airport

Take Hwy. 59 (south) to Hwy. 288 (south)
Take Hwy. 288 (south) to 610 (west)
Take 610 (west) to Fannin or South Main exit
Exit and turn right on Fannin or South Main
From Fannin turn left on Naomi or Holly Hall
From South Main turn right on McNee
Enter main gate at Reliant Park

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Reliant Stadium Event Information

About Reliant Stadium

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Professional Football

Directions & Parking