The roof panels can be opened or closed in as little as 7 minutes moving at a speed of up to 35 feet 11 m per minute.
Is the roof open at nrg stadium.
Nrg stadium is the only rodeo and nfl indoor outdoor retractable roof stadium that can be configured to utilize a 125 000 square foot space for general sessions catered functions exhibits concerts and much more.
Exploring houston nrg stadium the houston texans began their inaugural season at reliant stadium in 2002.
The roof panels can be opened or closed in as little as 7 minutes moving at a speed of up to 35 feet 11 m per minute.
In all five of those games the roof was closed including four with the patriots two in arizona one in houston one in indinapolis.
Yesterday the nfl director of event told reporters the plan.
Roof operation is controlled in the stadium press box via computer containing live images of the travel path of each roof panel.
Pro pioneer nrg stadium first opened as reliant stadium in 2002 after two years of construction.
To close or not to close that is the question.
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.
Plus furnishing live feedback from all roof components throughout the operation.
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.
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.
The open air stadium with the retractable roof is also the home of the houston livestock show and rodeo.
The one catch is that it has to be an outdoor event and for the houston texans that would mean they would have to open the roof of nrg stadium.
That s a question some texans fans are asking sarcastically after kprc 2 investigates told them the franchise hasn t opened the roof at nrg stadium for a game in more than five years.
Roof operation is controlled in the stadium press box via computer containing live images of the travel path of each roof panel.
Before the season we were wondering does it matter if the roof at nrg stadium is open or closed for a texa.