Has Reliant Stadium Roof Ever Been Opened

It was constructed at a cost of 352 million and has a seating capacity of 72 220.

Has reliant stadium roof ever been opened. In all five of those games the roof was closed including four with the patriots two in arizona one in houston one in. For over 25 years the oilers played at the houston astrodome the first multipurpose dome stadium in the country. Out of 225 regular season and playoff games in the four stadiums 149 have been played with the roof closed and 76 with it open. The indianapolis colts opened their stadium roof 27 times since 2008 including eight.

Football in the city of houston had been a staple since 1960 when the houston oilers were founded. If the roof is closed at the start of the game or during the game it cannot be opened for the remainder of the game. If the decision is made to open the roof the roof must be open no later than the time that the teams take the field for pre game warm ups. There have been five super bowls played in domes with retractable roofs.

Pool staff dom capers was desperate for a win. Berger also discusses the supposed competitive advantage that comes from keeping the roof closed noting that the roof has been closed 92 percent of the time since the texans started actually. Bag inspection policy a to z guide from nrg stadium website. Unlike texas stadium which has trusses that span the open portion of its roof the reliant stadium roof is completely open to the elements when the two panels are retracted.

Four other nfl franchises have retractable roofs but they have opened them up many more times than nrg stadium. It was the first nfl facility to have a retractable roof. When nrg stadium hosted super bowl xxxviii in 2004 it marked the first time the super bowl was played at a retractable roof stadium. It was the first nfl stadium with a retractable roof which reportedly cost 48 million of the estimated 450 million project executed by oklahoma based general contractor manhattan construction group.

Nrg stadium first opened as reliant stadium in 2002 after two years of construction.