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The NRG Center hosts various events year-round, including portions of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which maintains its offices on the second floor of the building. The grand opening of the facility was on April 12, 2002, with the Houston Auto Show. Hermes Reed Architects was the architect for the facility. On March 12, 2014, the ...
NRG Park, formerly Reliant Park and Astrodomain, is a complex in Houston, named after the energy company NRG Energy. It is located on Kirby Drive at the South Loop West Freeway ( I-610 ). This complex of buildings encompasses 350 acres (1.4 km 2 ) of land and consists of four venues: NRG Stadium , NRG Center , NRG Arena and the NRG Astrodome .
The NRG Arena [1] (formerly the Astroarena and Reliant Arena), [2] is a 350,000 square feet (33,000 m 2) sports center in NRG Park, in Houston, Texas, USA. Building format [ edit ]
NRG Stadium is where the NFL team the Houston Texans play. The station served Six Flags AstroWorld until the park closed in October 2005. The station also serves commuters working downtown or in the Texas Medical Center area, many of whom live in large apartment and condominium complexes located nearby.
The Houston Auto Show is an annual, 5 day long auto show that takes place in January at NRG Park.The show attracts many of the biggest automobile manufacturers. Each year, over 500 of the newest model year import and domestic vehicles, alternative fuel/electric vehicles and concept cars from 40+ manufacturers debut at the show.
At the same time, METRORail was completed on schedule (connecting downtown to the Houston Museum District, Texas Medical Center, and NRG Park), and what is deemed a revived Downtown Houston has opened doors to future conventions (in 2004 and 2008, the Texas Democratic Convention was held at the GRB). The International Quilt Festival and ...
The City of Houston defines an area around the Texas Medical Center as the Medical Center Super Neighborhood. [45] In 2015 that area had 2,717 residents. 52% were non-Hispanic white, 16% each were non-Hispanic Black and Asian, 12% were Hispanics, and 4% were non-Hispanic other.
Carruth Plaza is a Western sculpture garden in Houston, Texas. It is part of NRG Park. Completed in 2003, the plaza was named after Allen H. "Buddy" Carruth, former chairman of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.