I was the roof operator there for 7 years. Those panels are designed to rip off like that if winds are extremely strong to prevent major damage. However, there isn't any tarp just laying around. It takes months to put that amount of fabric together, and get it shipped here.
Not rain in Houston? Yell me you've never been to Houston without telling me you've never been to Houston. Those mid-day showers that last 5-10 minutes make the heat even more oppressive.
The Texans will host the Rams at NRG Stadium this Saturday afternoon at 12:00pm local time. You can feel the difference not only in the stands at the south end of the stadium, but on the field as well, where the air conditioning is impacted by the open slats. There's also the annual National Battle of the Bands contest featuring several HBCU marching bands taking place next Sunday night. There were three smaller sections of the roof which were damaged across two of the strips, hence the entire strips were removed so it's not like the entire width suffered damage. Also, he company which manufactured the original panels over 20 years ago is out of business, so that's why it's taking a little longer to get the roof repaired.
Battle of the bands....Sunday afternoon....HOT part of the day Built the stadium and had no way of repairing it during its many many many years of use, knowing H-town is frequently hosting hurricanes. Grass field....gone. They rarely open the roof.
NRG Stadium is a Rodeo stadium that doubles as a football stadium. Just like the Astrodome, it is a multi-use stadium. However, the Rodeo has more dates therefore it brings in more income than the NFL season does.
@@Dgem08 If you don't count tv money. Rodeo includes big name entertainment stars and groups. I'm too old now to know who they are now days. In the past, at the Astrodome, they had Elvis Presley, etc. A good NFL season will bring in 10 -12 games. The rodeo here will last 3 weeks. So, the stadium will be filled for 18 nights to see both rodeo and entertainment. NRG was designed with both in mind. The Fatstock show also brings in a lot of additional revenue, but they use the nearby buildings adjacent to NRG. You are correct that rodeo by itself, is probably like minor league baseball. Tickets to NRG for its peculiar mix of rodeo/entertainment are at least as expensive as going to see the Texans play. The reason I brought it up at all is it's a unique setting.
@@Dgem08 The Rodeo as a whole, if you count everything the livestock show, convention space, carnival, and BBQ competition brings in millions of visitors a year. The 2024 Rodeo had 2.25 million attendees. If you count ticket sales, revenue form the carnival, food vendors, vendor space fees, merchandising, and advertising revenue it comes up to almost 200m in revenue (192m in 2023). By comparison the Texans make about 600m a year. Keep in mind the revenue form the rodeo doesn't include revenue from vendors which is even more. Overall it's not a small amount to scoff at and it's completely understandable why the Texans partnered with the Rodeo to build the retractable roof to begin with. The roof only exists because the Rodeo needed it for it's audio equipment for the concerts. They essentially paid to install it, iirc it was 21m out of pocket.
Reason why you go either open air or full roof. It too expensive for these things and they brake are always breaking this incident not withstanding. Designs like the Bills are doing should be the way of the future not full dome statism.
Love this channel, just wish my guy did more research. Those panels are designed to come off during big storms, dont know if it's all the panels or a select few. I believe it's to prevent damage to the entire roof. Just saying.
While on the subject of stadiums you should talk about or post a video about the Speedway Classoc stadium for the MLB next year where they're supposed to put an MLB field inside of Bristol motor speedway
All the time, they do most of their late season games with it open or night games. Sometimes the earlier season games have sun light coming into the stadium, so no not a waste of money.
On November 22, 2020, something historic happened at NRG stadium - the Texans opened the roof for a home game. Before that, it had been six years since crews had rolled back the top of NRG for the Texans. The team claims keeping the roof closed helps with crowd noise, deafening their opponent into submission, allegedly. But the team record proves otherwise. It was suppose to open for the Chiefs game in 2022 but it failed to open
it was considered 'state of the art' at the time of design/construction - 'somebody' didn't think it necessary to manufacture a couple of replacement panels in case of storm damage (cost saving measures always bite)
Um, retractable roofs are super expensive, way more expensive than fixed roofs. That's why most teams have built their domes as fixed roofs over retractable stadiums. I prefer retractable stadiums so you can let the sun light in more, but now a lot of domes use translucent roofs to let natural light into the stadium.
Are there not Texans in Houston? What is stupid about paying homage to a the states proud heritage? I’m from San Antonio and take pride in my Texas roots. If you aren’t from here or don’t know the history it may seem stupid. It doesn’t sound generic like Commanders or Guardians, it makes more sense than a team named Lakers in a region that has no lakes.
You would think stadiums and arenas would build structures, including roofs, made to withstand major natural disasters. The Superdome roof held up much better during Hurricane Katrina given the circumstances. At least this wasn't like the Metrodome blizzard disaster in Minnesota!
We were at NRG last week for the Luke Combs concert. This was an evening/night event. Let me tell you, it was humid as hell in that stadium. I told my girlfriend Damm the owner needs to stop being stingy with the AC. Then when I looked up I remembered the hole in the roof. I legit felt the AC towards the end of the concert. It was an uncomfortable hot in there. I mean if you're buying the $11 dollar beer you have to drink it even faster now. Then walking out in the crowd and in the Texas humidity, everyone was complaining how hot it was in and outside the stadium. But in my opinion I would skip the Texans games and wait till that roof is fixed. Or at least a cold front coming in. It's not worth paying over $800 for 2 tickets to be sweating. I also come from the Alamodome so I am kind of spoiled from UTSA football.
Even at night when the sun goes down, Houston tends to get very humid, so it's going to feel miserable for a 7:30pm local time kickoff. Imagine how it would feel for a standard noon kickoff.
I was the roof operator there for 7 years. Those panels are designed to rip off like that if winds are extremely strong to prevent major damage. However, there isn't any tarp just laying around. It takes months to put that amount of fabric together, and get it shipped here.
Looks like the Astrodome survived better. They should move back there. lol
Nah the astrodome is outdated there just gonna leave it where it is
That's what I was thinking too. Apparently they made better stadiums in the 1960's than in the 21 century.
@@dvferyanceThey made them much less complex. Any good engineer will tell you that more complexity means more potential points of failure.
Same thing I said when I saw the roof at NRG with panels missing from an aerial view. The Dome looked fine.
They never played there
I literally went here yesterday, and I was confused as hell why there were open slots in the roof
We get over 50 inches of rain per year in Houston. A rainstorm at game time is not an unlikely occurrence.
Not rain in Houston? Yell me you've never been to Houston without telling me you've never been to Houston. Those mid-day showers that last 5-10 minutes make the heat even more oppressive.
That sun spot would be so distracting while playing.
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The Texans will host the Rams at NRG Stadium this Saturday afternoon at 12:00pm local time. You can feel the difference not only in the stands at the south end of the stadium, but on the field as well, where the air conditioning is impacted by the open slats. There's also the annual National Battle of the Bands contest featuring several HBCU marching bands taking place next Sunday night.
There were three smaller sections of the roof which were damaged across two of the strips, hence the entire strips were removed so it's not like the entire width suffered damage. Also, he company which manufactured the original panels over 20 years ago is out of business, so that's why it's taking a little longer to get the roof repaired.
Battle of the bands....Sunday afternoon....HOT part of the day
Built the stadium and had no way of repairing it during its many many many years of use, knowing H-town is frequently hosting hurricanes. Grass field....gone.
They rarely open the roof.
NRG Stadium is a Rodeo stadium that doubles as a football stadium. Just like the Astrodome, it is a multi-use stadium. However, the Rodeo has more dates therefore it brings in more income than the NFL season does.
I doubt a RODEO brings in more money total then a NFL game
@@Dgem08 If you don't count tv money. Rodeo includes big name entertainment stars and groups. I'm too old now to know who they are now days. In the past, at the Astrodome, they had Elvis Presley, etc. A good NFL season will bring in 10 -12 games. The rodeo here will last 3 weeks. So, the stadium will be filled for 18 nights to see both rodeo and entertainment. NRG was designed with both in mind. The Fatstock show also brings in a lot of additional revenue, but they use the nearby buildings adjacent to NRG. You are correct that rodeo by itself, is probably like minor league baseball. Tickets to NRG for its peculiar mix of rodeo/entertainment are at least as expensive as going to see the Texans play. The reason I brought it up at all is it's a unique setting.
@@Dgem08It's the largest Livestock show in the world and the second biggest Rodeo in the world. It brings in a FUCK ton of money.
@@Dgem08 The Rodeo as a whole, if you count everything the livestock show, convention space, carnival, and BBQ competition brings in millions of visitors a year. The 2024 Rodeo had 2.25 million attendees. If you count ticket sales, revenue form the carnival, food vendors, vendor space fees, merchandising, and advertising revenue it comes up to almost 200m in revenue (192m in 2023). By comparison the Texans make about 600m a year. Keep in mind the revenue form the rodeo doesn't include revenue from vendors which is even more. Overall it's not a small amount to scoff at and it's completely understandable why the Texans partnered with the Rodeo to build the retractable roof to begin with. The roof only exists because the Rodeo needed it for it's audio equipment for the concerts. They essentially paid to install it, iirc it was 21m out of pocket.
@@Dgem08 lmao I can't believe he said that.
Reason why you go either open air or full roof. It too expensive for these things and they brake are always breaking this incident not withstanding. Designs like the Bills are doing should be the way of the future not full dome statism.
call FEMA & get some of them blue tarps!! 🤣
And the Astrodome still stands after being vacant for 25 years. Just move the game over there.
The Dome is not structurally sound and is actually unfit for people to be inside of
Until someone falls through a hole
All that taxpayer money and I bet Billionaire McNair will insist that we pay for the repairs too.
"It won't like rain in Houston " sir wtf you talking about?🤨 Rains all the time here.
Yeah. I caught that also. But what do I know ? I've only lived here for 71 years. He doesn't know what he is talking about.
@@Kacee2 literally rained just yesterday lol
They waiting months for repair parts because the supply chain is down 😂 TRUMP 2024
It's been A month
Hosted Super Bowl XXXVIII (2004) and Super Bowl LI (2017)
I was at the saints vs dolphins game in 2005 in tiger stadium. Horrible experience
What’s the fkn point in having a retractable roof if your never going to fkn open it
That's why they are not building them anymore. I knew when Lucas Oil opened the roof was not going to be opened much.
Try playing football outdoors in September in Houston…..and get back to me…..
@@BlacknWhiteBadger88 quit being a B, foozeball is meant to be played outside.
Cuz it’s 900 fucking degreees in Houston in September.. they open the shit all the time later in he year
@@mikes7446 then go to Green Bay or Buffalo.
I genuinely enjoy the fact you throw out a random topic of interest or sports video
It’s a nice quick break from the politics
Love this channel, just wish my guy did more research. Those panels are designed to come off during big storms, dont know if it's all the panels or a select few. I believe it's to prevent damage to the entire roof. Just saying.
In 2008 the Texans played the entire season with the roof open including one game when it rained.
If I recall that year it was bronken also and they could not close it.
Hurricane Ike caused it
@@scotttildYes, it was damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008.
Anyone who has a brain knows that Houston is in a hurricane prone part of the country and that you can’t just get the panels at your local Home Depot!
While on the subject of stadiums you should talk about or post a video about the Speedway Classoc stadium for the MLB next year where they're supposed to put an MLB field inside of Bristol motor speedway
Have they ever opened they roof for a game in history? Seems like a waste of money
All the time, they do most of their late season games with it open or night games. Sometimes the earlier season games have sun light coming into the stadium, so no not a waste of money.
On November 22, 2020, something historic happened at NRG stadium - the Texans opened the roof for a home game. Before that, it had been six years since crews had rolled back the top of NRG for the Texans. The team claims keeping the roof closed helps with crowd noise, deafening their opponent into submission, allegedly. But the team record proves otherwise. It was suppose to open for the Chiefs game in 2022 but it failed to open
You just can’t go to home depot to get the parts and it’s a retractable roof the inside is built with that in mind
Not going to rain in Houston??????? Brother, it rains almost daily there.
imagine them put some type of glass there it looks pretty nice with some natural light shining in
Once again, the Texans prove us why the Oilers/Titans were right to move from Houston, and that's from a native Houstonian.
Really! You do realize that the Titans play in an open stadium! No roof! 😂
@@outlaw8651 Yes... and they're building another stadium soon. But you don't get my point: This is how bad things were from the 1990s.
Wow how cheap they went with the retractable roof
it was considered 'state of the art' at the time of design/construction - 'somebody' didn't think it necessary to manufacture a couple of replacement panels in case of storm damage (cost saving measures always bite)
Um, retractable roofs are super expensive, way more expensive than fixed roofs. That's why most teams have built their domes as fixed roofs over retractable stadiums. I prefer retractable stadiums so you can let the sun light in more, but now a lot of domes use translucent roofs to let natural light into the stadium.
Won't surprise me in a few years if the Houston Texans start asking for a brand new stadium!
It’s called a hurricane fam look them up lol
This happened during Hurricane Ike also
Leave it closed for September and October and leave it open for November and December
YuP
houston texans is the stupidest team name in sports. they need a rebrand
Are there not Texans in Houston? What is stupid about paying homage to a the states proud heritage? I’m from San Antonio and take pride in my Texas roots. If you aren’t from here or don’t know the history it may seem stupid. It doesn’t sound generic like Commanders or Guardians, it makes more sense than a team named Lakers in a region that has no lakes.
@@michaelmagic988 I wish they could have kept the oilers name you can thank bud Adams for that.
Nah We Love Our TEXANS !! H's UP TEXANS
Michaelmagic is the stupidest name on RUclips. He needs a rebrand.
@@mocitybrian sure why not name them the 'Houston Houston's'
What happens if it rains while they play?
You would think stadiums and arenas would build structures, including roofs, made to withstand major natural disasters. The Superdome roof held up much better during Hurricane Katrina given the circumstances. At least this wasn't like the Metrodome blizzard disaster in Minnesota!
Its raining Saturday
Like the old Texas Stadium in Irving.
The Texans host the Bears on September 15 against the Bears on SNF. Wondering if they'll open the roof for that one.
How much money the NFL makes come on ,when it was damaged in 2005 they open the roof and it wasn't that bad only Sept games.
We DO NOT open the roof during games. It’s loud AF.
GO TEXANS!
I guess local roofing supply companies didn’t have any NRG roof panels in stock and on the self.
We were at NRG last week for the Luke Combs concert. This was an evening/night event. Let me tell you, it was humid as hell in that stadium. I told my girlfriend Damm the owner needs to stop being stingy with the AC. Then when I looked up I remembered the hole in the roof. I legit felt the AC towards the end of the concert. It was an uncomfortable hot in there. I mean if you're buying the $11 dollar beer you have to drink it even faster now. Then walking out in the crowd and in the Texas humidity, everyone was complaining how hot it was in and outside the stadium.
But in my opinion I would skip the Texans games and wait till that roof is fixed. Or at least a cold front coming in. It's not worth paying over $800 for 2 tickets to be sweating. I also come from the Alamodome so I am kind of spoiled from UTSA football.
After that day I had a crew to remove a damaged tent on the Bud Light Plaza area near Ford Gate
The Colombians and argentines must have broke it during the copa america
Wasn't it damaged in the 2008 hurricane?
It’s called hurricanes and living near the coast smh
I was wondering why that strip of sun light was on the field.
Mosquitos man thats another reason why its closed
Good to know that the AC is still running well.
Love it, reminds me of the old texas stadium
Interesting enough, I was at the game Saturday and it created a small field advantage, the sun glare was effecting the giants a small bit 😂
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should brighten the roof before the regular season begins
Heat rises and cooler air stays low
Trump/Vance 2024
Ke first haha
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this is why he should make 2 channels. half of us dont wanna see this shyt I'm just tryna watch a stadium vid.
i'm just trying to watch him talk about stadiums boss
Just open the roof at this point
Even at night when the sun goes down, Houston tends to get very humid, so it's going to feel miserable for a 7:30pm local time kickoff. Imagine how it would feel for a standard noon kickoff.
People don't want to sit in 100 degrees
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