Texas Bowl Roof Open

The 2021 college football season is set to kickoff at nrg stadium with the texas kickoff on september 2021.

Texas bowl roof open.

The first texas bowl happened in 2006 and has been previously known as the meineke car care bowl of texas the advocare v100 texas bowl and is currently sponsored by academy sports outdoors. Check with us before your event to see if the roof will be open or closed. The rodeo didn t ask for it and doesn t need it. Opened in october 1971 2 it was known for its distinctive hole in the roof the result of abandoned plans to construct a retractable roof cowboys linebacker d.

No other event in the stadium requires the use of a roof that can open and shut. The texans policy is to consider opening the reliant stadium roof when the game time temperature is forecast between 50 and 80 degrees with no significant threat of rain. Both football and rodeo have been selling out this young venue which struts a see through retractable roof to maintain some outdoor feel while blocking off that horrid houston humidity. Bag inspection policy a to z guide from nrg stadium website.

Roof operation is controlled in the stadium press box via computer containing live images of the travel path of each roof panel. 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. Mond leads a m to 24 21 win over oklahoma st.

Watch big 12 and sec square off at nrg stadium for the texas bowl on december 2020. 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. Kellen mond ran for a career high 117 yards and threw a touchdown pass as texas a m scored 24 straight points to overcome an early. 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.