Houston is the largest city in the state
of Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States. The city is at
the heart of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, the
largest cultural and economic center of the Gulf Coast region and
the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population
of 5.3 million in 10 counties. Houston is world-renowned for its
energy and aeronautics industries, and for its ship channel. The
area is also the world's leading center for building oilfield
equipment. The Port of Houston is the sixth-largest port in the
world; amid other U.S. ports, it is the busiest in foreign tonnage
and second in overall tonnage. Houston is ranked as one of 11 U.S.
world-class cities by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group
& Network. On
the Web:
Houston Visitors & Convention Bureau
STADIUM INFORMATION
2012
TEXANS SCHEDULE
-Name: Reliant Stadium -Location: Houston, TX -Tenant: Houston Texans -Capacity: 69,500 -Surface: Grass -Construction Began: March 2000 -Opened: September 8, 2002 -Cost: $352 Million -Address:
711 Louisiana, 33rd Floor
Houston, TX 77002-2716 On
the Web:
Reliant Stadium
-Public
Transit: The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County,
Texas, or METRO, provides public transportation in the form of
buses, trolleys and lift vans.
On the Web:
METRO
-Taxi: Taxi-Taxi: 713-236-1111
Yellow Cab:
713-236-1111 -Parking: Pay lots available downtown On the Web: Downtown Parking -Alternatives:
Walk and Bike Paths
-Maps
and Directions
Houston is the largest city in the state
of Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States. The city is at
the heart of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, the
largest cultural and economic center of the Gulf Coast region and
the seventh-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. with a population
of 5.3 million in 10 counties. Houston is world-renowned for its
energy and aeronautics industries, and for its ship channel. The
area is also the world's leading center for building oilfield
equipment. The Port of Houston is the sixth-largest port in the
world; amid other U.S. ports, it is the busiest in foreign tonnage
and second in overall tonnage. Houston is ranked as one of 11 U.S.
world-class cities by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group
& Network.
