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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 ]
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world. It includes one of the richest regular-season professional rodeo events. It has been held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, since 2003, with the exception of 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 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 1.9-million-square-foot (180,000 m 2) range. [10]
The Astrodome was joined by a new neighbor in 2002, the retractable-roofed Reliant Stadium (now known as NRG Stadium), which was built to house Houston's new NFL franchise, the Houston Texans. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo moved to the new venue in 2003, leaving the Astrodome without any major tenants.
Anchored Eats was a float-and-serve food boat, but has found success as a brick-and-mortar restaurant on Folsom Lake’s Granite Bay Main Beach shore.
Along with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, NRG Center hosts some of the largest conventions and trade shows in Houston. Some examples of these events are the Offshore Technology Conference, The Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows, Nutcracker Market, Houston Auto Show, International Gem & Jewelry Show, The Vans Warped Tour, Houston Gun Collector's and Antique Show, and the Houston Boat ...
This is a list of seating capacities for sports and entertainment arenas in the United States with at least 1,000 seats. The list is composed mostly of arenas that house sports teams (basketball, ice hockey, arena soccer and arena football) and serve as indoor venues for concerts and expositions.