OK, so if they don’t renovate, and instead, build a new stadium, what happens to the old one?
Implosion?
Repurpose?
What about the Astrodome next door?
25-year quagmire, as is tradition.
This is disgusting, honestly.
Honestly is. If they pay for it fine but theyre gonna involve the city somehow. And thats not ok.
His dad built it that way and if you try to make something luxurious youre essentislly throwing away money on a building that is only used every other week on the weekends. On the offseason and every weekend during the season.
There’s the rodeo, too, but still. That’s like 30 days a year between them and the Texans.
Maybe working on a deal to use the ut land? Can’t remember exactly where it is, but wondering if access and land area are sufficient.
Lolololololololololololololololol
LET THEM ROT!
Or move the franchise to Columbus or Salt Lake City. (Although I don’t dislike those two cities enough to wish that on them.)
It’s behind a paywall for me. What’s it say?
In Google right click on it and open it in Reading Mode.
Renovations have been discussed. Here are some renderings
https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/topic/55-nrg-park-mixed-use-development/page/22/#comments
It’s just a negotiation tactic. There is nothing wrong with NRG.
The article doesn’t mention the rodeo…only the Texans exploring a new stadium.
Yeah, that’s where I come down on it, too. I imagine the next step will be “look, we don’t need a new stadium, but Sugar Land/Katy/San Antonio are making some really compelling offers…I know it would suck for y’all to be paying off bonds on an empty lot…I love where we are now, but it would be a shame to have to…”
As a part of this process, they will performatively apply and be denied as a Super Bowl host. The NFL will say something about “sorry, y’all were this close, but your stadium is pretty old at this point.” Book it.
The vote barely passed last time so no way it passes again at a much higher cost. Our hotel and car rental taxes are very high now and with inflation and people struggling no way they give billionaires a free stadium.
New Orleans renovated the 1974 superdome so let them renovate it vs new.
Or let them leave
So, if no new stadium eventually get built…do the McNairs pick up & leave like the Oilers did in the 90’s? 
Nrg is fine with renovations. New Orleans did ok and it’s from 1974 . They simply renovated it
Asking for a new stadium every 25 or so yrs at billions is not sustainable where as renovation is.
Anybody else getting the feeling that sports and athletes aren’t as important as they seem to think they are?
How ridiculous would it be to tear down NRG Stadium and keep the Astrodome standing? If the Astrodome is part of the demolition, expect community pushback.
We’ve seen this movie before. Make the improvements to NRG, then a few years later, the owner says they are inadequate and the team needs a new stadium. Harris County leadership says no, and the Texans owner threatens to move the team to another city.
IMO, the “economic benefits” to the city are widely exaggerated. It is common knowledge that if owners could make more money funding the entire cost of a new stadium, they would.
San Antonio?!
Have you seen that trash bucket stadium here!?
And San Antonio won’t build anything……can’t even get a new Minor League stadium….currently playing in an old dumpster.
IIRC UTSA students recently voted down a proposal to upgrade their baseball field and basketball arena.
Sam Houston St. students did the same when they joined C-USA.