Nrg Stadium Roof Open Or Closed For Super Bowl

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.

Nrg stadium roof open or closed for super bowl.

Nrg stadium has many amenities including over 8 200 club seats 187 luxury suites club lounges and bars and a texans team store. Bag inspection policy a to z guide from nrg stadium website. Heading into nrg stadium for super bowl li. The patriots played an nfc south team in that super.

The nfl has the discretion on whether to have the roof open or closed. The nfl announced the retractable roof at nrg. The roof opens or closes in seven minutes consists of two sections that meet over the 50 yard line when it is closed. When the roof is open each section is above the seats in the endzone.

February 6 2017 source. When the stadium named reliant stadium at the time hosted the 2004 super bowl the roof was closed because of rain in the forecast. Will the roof at nrg stadium be open during super bowl 51 between the atlanta falcons and new england patriots on sunday night. A large open air canopy was added to provide shade to fans and athletes below during the 350 million renovation project that began in 2015.

Super bowl 51 between the new england patriots and atlanta falcons. The timing of the nfl s decision to have the roof closed for the game was the same as at super bowl li in houston two years ago when the league also decided about five hours before kickoff to have. The 71 795 seat stadium is expected to be filled to capacity sunday for the big game. In 2010 the nfl threatened to keep the stadium from future super bowl consideration unless major renovations including a roof were completed.

Warm and muggy roof closed by. 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.