That would have gotten torn down sooner than later anyway. By 2024 we would have been the only multipurpose stadium left in the NFL.
I think every department in Harris County should have to cut 20 million for the Texans.
Flood Control, Mental Health, and the Juvenile Court Systems first. Itâs insane how these miscreants muscle their way into the legitimate endeavors of the NFL.
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As someone who lives near the Astrodome and uses those local streets every day, Iâd much rather the Rodeo move to Sugar Land and the Texans stay at NRG.
My least favorite time of the year is coming up⊠BBQ Cook-off and Rodeo season. A month+ of traffic headaches and people that donât know what lane to drive in and making my local spots inaccessible and my daily drives aggravating.
Move the Rodeo!
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Yep tons of GPS drivers who never been to Houston 
Why donât these stadium geniuses at the time outline what they want from the jump and build it right the first time with room to expand when the new trends come?
Why build it wrong just to get one and then complain years later
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Yeah downtown somewhere would create a boom of restaurants and other surrounding stuff and it would no longer be drive to the game then go home for those that go. It could be midtown or close to downtown
We have a 70 year-old water treatment plant about to collapse with no money to maintain it or build a new one. But hey, who needs clean water?
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Why would putting the Texans downtown for 10 Sundays a year create some sort of boom that having the Astros and Rockets and the theater district and multiple concert venues and a disproportionate fraction of Houstonâs daytime business hasnât already created?
What downtown needs â as somebody who lives there â is more residents, better safety, and less parking. Itâs a ghost town outside of business hours unless the Astros are playing. (The Rockets donât move the needle in the same way.) Having the NFL overrun the place fortnightly in the fall isnât fixing that. A hockey team would probably do a little more since they play 41 home games a year instead of 10, but thereâd still be a lot of work to be done.
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Texans are going to want a new stadium first and foremost. Look at most of the other NFL teams and how they have approached their stadium issues - build new. New Orleans no because of the lowering population (tax base) post Katrina and the fact that the Super Dome is part of the cultural identity of New Orleans and Jaguars no because if is just a much smaller market where finding the extra $ to build new is more challenging. A closer analog is Atlanta or Nashville for Houstonâs case. Both are larger/growing/more desirable markets with more money to burn and built new stadiums with their old stadium only about 25 years old.
Moving or threatening to move out of the Houston area will be a last resort by the Texans and wonât come up for a while if at all in negotiations. More than likely you will start to hear rumblings that Fort Bend (Sugar Land) and/or Montgomery (Woodlands) county âmightâ fork up the $ to bring Texans to their county in a leverage play by the Texans to shakedown Harris county. Texans will want north of $1B in total public funding for a brand new stadium. Regardless of if they ultimately build new or just renovate they will easily get north of $500M public funding and likely in the $1B range give or take a couple hundred million. Iâm 90% sure of it.
Personally I think it gets pretty ugly in the coming couple years as this comes to a head and we still have decades to go to pay off NRG.
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Have you drinking water zealots even taken the time to see the missing panel from the video board?!?
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Pro Football Talkâs Mike Florio on the Houston Texans possible new stadium. I didnât realize so many teams are angling for a new stadium.
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I think weâre in for an ugly and protracted fight, but I do sincerely think that a renovation is the Texansâ preferred outcome. Theyâre in a central location that Houstonians have associated with sports for half a century now, and thatâs a big deal, and unless theyâre willing to move to a substantially less desirable location, there will be substantial land acquisition costs anywhere else in the city. A $2B renovation might be more palatable for them than a $6B new build.
I still expect them to wave around the relocation stick, whether theyâre threatening to leave the county or the metro area entirely, because thatâs the best (and perhaps only) bargaining chip they have. Theyâd be stupid not to.
Weâre in a reality-based economy now. I donât think comparative justifications are gonna go over well.
âEither you pay two billion or six billionâ
âHow about no billion and you throw-in some tickets for your first game in Omahaâ
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Im thinking I need to move out of Harris County.
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Weâre paying $8 for eggs. No one is going to go for building a new stadium.
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Downtown was helped by the stadiums they built there for the Astros and rockets. So it canât hurt for the nfl one to be there or close . If there are Ty enough people now like y say , it would be way worse with zero stadiums. Studies show the 2 stadiums did help a lot. Issue is land and parking bc I donât see any unless in East downtown or midtown. I donât see them doing it . If this will be a billion dollars on the county I donât see that either.
These nfl teams wanting a new stadium every 25 yrs isnât sustainable. They have some northern teams like green bay in an old open air one and it works. Itâs like nil and not sustainable for them to keep asking for stadiums. Harris county still owes a billion on the bonds till 2055.
Timing for this is so wrong unless the economy starts to boom with inflation under control.
The Astrodome was the first of its kind all purpose professional domed stadium. Houston and Harris County can be the first of its kind graveyard for obsolete stadiums.
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Since we have many complaints of no roof at TDECU for September games, maybe the Astrodome or NRG can donate the roof to UH.
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It doesnât make sense to have an NFL stadium downtown for 8 games a year. Honestly, I believe the Dynamo should move to a renovated Astrodome with real grass. Everybody hates their current stadium even though it is aesthetically pleasing. I would only stay there if the MLS moves their schedule to the Fall/Winter months.
Downtown Houston will improve when the Main Street Promenade is completed in 2026 in time for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Fans can congregate downtown and then take the rail to NRG stadium. Itâs already a perfect setup.
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Why do you need to travel to Rome to see the coliseum when you can get a 2-for-1 on Kirby.