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	Sports Venue Technology - Reliant Stadium and Complex - Houston Texans
		Reliant Energy's 32-year agreement to acquire the naming rights for five different buildings and the complex is the most comprehensive naming rights agreement in NFL history.
		The HOK Sport-designed Reliant Stadium, being developed by the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority and Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation, is set to open in August 2002, when the Houston Texans will host the Miami Dolphins in their first home pre-season contest.
		Reliant Center, also currently under construction, is situated on the north side of the 260-acre Reliant Park and is scheduled to open in the spring of 2002.
	www.sportsvenue-technology.com /projects/harris (1248 words)

	Harris County- Houston Sports Authority - Reliant Stadium
		Reliant Energy’s 32-year agreement to acquire the naming rights for five different buildings and the complex is the most comprehensive naming rights agreement in history.
		Reliant Stadium is set to open in August of 2002, when the Houston Texans will host the Miami Dolphins in their first home preseason contest.
		Reliant Center, currently under construction, is situated on the north side of the 260-acre Reliant Park and is scheduled to open in the spring of 2002.
	www.hchsa.org /reliant/reliant_named.html (1036 words)

	The Official Site of the Houston Texans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Reliant Stadium, the first NFL stadium with a retractable roof, opened for business on Aug. 24, 2002, as the Texans hosted the Miami Dolphins in their first home preseason game.
		Reliant Stadium features an open view of the playing field from the main concourse and on the club level. The main concourse is 40 feet wide, which makes it the largest in the NFL.
		Reliant Stadium can also boast a larger than life scoreboard. Following the trend that was started with the Astrodome scoreboard, Reliant Stadium houses two of the largest in the league.
	www.houstontexans.com /reliant_stadium/history.php (834 words)

	Ballparks of Baseball-Astrodome-Houston Astros
		Houston, TX Known as "The Eight Wonder of the World", the Astrodome was home to the Houston Astros for 35 years and was the first dome stadium in any sport.
		The move to the Astrodome was welcomed because it was air-conditioned.
		The Astrodome was one of the first stadiums to have luxury suites with 53 and each of the 42,217 seats in the Astrodome were cushioned.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/Astrodome.htm (677 words)

	Astrodome Articles
		Reliant Park, as the Astrodome complex is renamed, will contain Reliant Stadium, Reliant Astrodome, Reliant Arena (formerly the Astroarena) Reliant Hall (formerly the Astrohall) and Reliant Center, an as-yet unbuilt exhibition center.
		Reliant officials said the money for the naming rights contract comes from the unregulated, private portion of its business, which is separate from the electric and natural gas utilities whose rates have risen sharply.
		The Astrodome, once a lone jewel amid a seemingly endless sea of parking spaces, now finds its north and west flanks surrounded by construction of the $367 million football stadium and the $190 million exposition center.
	users.california.com /~csuppes/NFL/HoustonOilers/articles.htm (2215 words)

	Stadiums of the NFL-Reliant Stadium-Houston Texans
		After thirty years of playing at the Astrodome, the Oilers began demanding that a new football only stadium be built in the mid 1990s.
		Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new stadium, which was built near the Astrodome, began in early 2000.
		Reliant Stadium has a capacity of around 69,000, in three main tiers of seats that enclose the field.
	www.stadiumsofnfl.com /afc/ReliantStadium.htm (407 words)

	Stadiums of the NFL-Astrodome-Houston Oilers
		Each of the 42,217 seats in the Astrodome were cushioned.
		In order for football to be played at the Astrodome, two sets of 5,000 seats could be moved to form a football gridiron.
		Over 12,000 seats were added to the Astrodome, bringing the capacity to nearly 60,000 for football and enc.
	www.stadiumsofnfl.com /past/Astrodome.htm (573 words)

	Reliant Astrodome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reliant Astrodome, previously known as "the Astrodome", is a domed sports stadium, the first of its kind.
		This would be the Astrodome's largest crowd until WrestleMania X-Seven was held at the Astrodome in 2001, establishing a new all-time record for the facility at 67,925 fans.
		The Astrodome was joined by a new neighbor in 2002, the retractable-roofed Reliant 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reliant_Astrodome (1702 words)

	ESPN.com - Just don't call it the Astrodome
		Reliant, which owns the major regional electricity utility and markets power across the country, in October 2000 purchased the naming rights to all the facilities on the county-owned Astrodome complex in south Houston.
		Along with the NFL expansion team, the city and the county, the rodeo is a major partner in building Reliant Stadium and shares in the naming rights booty.
		As Reliant tries to attract new electricity customers across Texas in the wake of the state's embryonic deregulation program, company spokeswoman Sandy Fruhman said publicity is vital to its branding strategy.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1342312&type=news (652 words)

	Astrodome Katrina Duty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Reliant City was made up of the Astrodome, Reliant Center, and the Reliant Arena.
		The Astrodome and Arena have been there for a long time, but the Reliant Center was built right after the new Houston Texans football stadium.
		The Astrodome was the temporary home of up to 23,000 individuals at the high point of the evacuation.
	users.ev1.net /~breaktrack/Astrodome.htm (621 words)

	Texas-Sized Stadium -- Reliant Park Houston
		The Reliant Park campus is comprised of four facilities: Reliant Stadium, Reliant Center, Reliant Astrodome and Reliant Arena.
		Reliant Center opened in April 2002 and is one of the largest exposition centers in the country, consisting of 1.4 million gross square feet and featuring more than 700,000 square feet of versatile single-level contiguous exhibition space.
		Reliant Astrodome, the "Eighth Wonder of the World," was the first air-conditioned domed stadium when it opened in 1965 and has served as a symbol of Houston's unique spirit of achievement ever since.
	www.recmanagement.com /facility_profiles.php?fid=200301FP01 (743 words)

	People's Guide to Houston
		Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas is one of the most beautiful pieces of architecture that I have ever seen.
		Reliant Stadium is a great place to come to visit if your are a business person, sports enthusiast, or just a smart person for understanding that Reliant Stadium and its counterparts are great places to come visit.
		Reliant Stadium is a great place to bring the whole family, big or little, and it will be worth the effort.
	www.uh.edu /~marnold/profiles/gerberdprofile.html (1431 words)

	Reliant Stadium
		Reliant Energy has previously announced plans to split into two different publicly traded companies by the end of 2001 in order to separate its regulated businesses, including Reliant Energy HLandP/Entex, from its unregulated activities.
		Reliant Stadium will be located on County-owned property at, and adjacent to, the Astrodomain Complex, with additional parking facilities to be located on property made available by the Rodeo.
		Reliant Stadium is targeted for completion in August 2002, in time for the NFL Club's 2002 pre-season.
	users.california.com /~csuppes/NFL/HoustonTexans/articles.htm (7884 words)

	City of Houston > Calendar of Events > Reliant Park / Stadium
		The uniqueness of Reliant Park is apparent in the flexibility of its venues.
		Each offers the opportunity to host large exhibitions, concerts, sporting events to the most intimate gatherings and is the home of the NFL's Houston Texans and the world-famous Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
		Reliant Park / Stadium is located off the Kirby exit of South Loop 610.
	www.houstontx.gov /events/reliant.html (80 words)

	Astrodome
		The Astrodome was also the first stadium in the country to use separate Astroturfs for baseball and football, each housed in a storage pit in center field and rolled out on a cushion of air.
		The Astrodome scoreboard and home run spectacular were replaced by two Diamond Vision screens, a large matrix board, two auxiliary matrix boards and a game-in-progress board.
		With the exception of Yankee Stadium’s Death Valley, the Astrodome had the most distant power alleys in the majors at 390 feet, until changed in 1985.
	www.ballparks.com /baseball/national/astrod.htm (915 words)

	White Washing the Black Storm: We Are Watching
		As medical services were abruptly cut for evacuees in the Astrodome and evacuees from the Astrodome and Reliant Center were abruptly herded into Reliant Arena, beginning at 10:00 p.m.
		However, the shelter chosen for consolidating all evacuees in Reliant Park was the smaller Reliant Arena.
		However, it's a shame that Reliant Arena was chosen as the place to consolidate all remaining evacuees instead of the far more welcoming Reliant Center, especially in light of the Arena's obvious space limitations.
	www.whitewashingblack.blogspot.com (2627 words)

	Reliant Astrodome
		The Astrodome is the world's first indoor stadium.
		This was the fourth time that the Astrodome has received a new rug.
		November 6, 1996 - The tuesday referendum approved $200 million to update the Astrodome to help attract another NFL team to replace the Oilers, who are moving to Tennessee.
	football.ballparks.com /NFL/HoustonOilers (942 words)

	Reliant Astrodome - Uncyclopedia
		The Reliant Astrodome (which is a lie, as it's very un-reliable) is a stadium/mothership in Houston, Arkansas.
		It was brought down to earth in 1936 to help his forbears in conquering the world, incidently it can also serve as a refugee shelter and amusement park.
		Using his uncanny mental powers, and sensing a national humanitarian crisis unparalleled in a century (nuclear bombs in France), the wise President Bush the III hailed the craft as it passed through the local arm of the Milky Way.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Reliant_Astrodome (267 words)

	Architecture of Reliant Stadium - Houston, Texas, United States of America
		Flying above Reliant Stadium you can see how it easily dwarfs the Astrodome, and could very easily swallow what was once one of the world's architectural wonders.
		At the time of its opening, it was estimated that Reliant Stadium and Reliant Park would host more than 400 events each year.
		As someone who has been interested in the arcitecture of sports stadiums, the Reliant Stadium is the most breathtakingly spectacular stadium i have ever seen.
	www.glasssteelandstone.com /US/TX/HoustonReliantStadium.html (1225 words)

	Reliant Energy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reliant Energy, Inc. NYSE: RRI is an energy company based in Houston, Texas providing electricity to houses throughout Texas and particularly in the Greater Houston area and the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
		Reliant has been under investigation for its alleged role in the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001.
		Reliant Park has the naming rights to Reliant Park campus, home to the Reliant Astrodome, Reliant Stadium, Reliant Arena and Reliant Center.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reliant_Energy (457 words)

	Detroit Lions Site: Houston Astrodome Retrospective
		Dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World" in 1965, the Houston Astrodome (originally called Harris County Domed Stadium) was deemed an architectural marvel nearly 40 years ago.
		As a football facility, the Astrodome housed the Oilers and Houston Gamblers, the United States Football League franchise in the 1980s.
		After the 1995 season, the Oilers relocated to Nashville, Tenn. And in 2000 -- the same year the facility was renamed the Reliant Astrodome -- the Astros moved to their new digs, Minute Maid Park (formerly Enron Field).
	www.detroitlions.com /document_display.cfm?document_id=354940 (946 words)

	Reliant Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Reliant Astrodome, formerly known as just the Houston Astrodome, is called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by many as it is the first domed structure of its size created without a pillar supporting it in the center.
		The Astrodome (and Reliant Park in general) gained nationwide notoriety in September 2005 when it was opened as a massive shelter for evacuees fleeing Hurricane Katrina.
		Reliant Stadium was also the home of Super Bowl XXXVIII (held February 1, 2004), famous for the New England Patriots defeating the Carolina Panthers 32-29, but also infamous for its halftime show incident involving Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reliant_Park (549 words)

	The Daily Texan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She called the air-conditioned and orderly Astrodome "heaven" - the tight security a drastic contrast from the pandemonium in the Superdome.
		An information wall in the back of the Astrodome is covered with old cardboard boxes, poster board and small sticky notes with the names and description of lost family members.
		A lost-child area is sectioned off in the Astrodome for children to go if they are separated from their families who are in the dome.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /media/paper410/news/2005/09/06/TopStories/Stadium.heaven.To.New.Residents-976236.shtml (1140 words)

	USATODAY.com - Astrodome to become new home for storm refugees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Storm refugees who had been living in deteriorating conditions at the Louisiana Superdome are being bused to the Astrodome in Houston.
		The transfer of 25,000 people to the nation's fourth-largest city was set in motion shortly after 2 a.m.
		The Astrodome's schedule — largely high school football games and tractor pulls since abandoned by pro teams — has been cleared until December.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-08-31-astrodome_x.htm (830 words)

	DomeBlog: September 2005 Archives
		Astrodome resident Michael Childs, 45, is one of those who uses cleanliness to hold back the chaos.
		They've been relying on a small battery-operated radio and were riveted by the images of devastation broadcast from their hometown today, however shocking those scenes may be.
		Astrodome refugees, displaced from the Superdome in New Orleans, were getting 10 minutes blocks of time to make free local and long distance calls.
	blogs.chron.com /domeblog/archives/2005/09/index.html (9544 words)

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