Nrg Stadium Roof Status Super Bowl 51

When nrg stadium hosted super bowl xxxviii in 2004 it marked the first time the super bowl was played at a retractable roof stadium.

Nrg stadium roof status super bowl 51. Hard rock stadium in miami gardens florida. Houston s nrg stadium is bracing for two star quarterbacks to break super bowl records of 414 passing yards historic levels of data use and rainfall during the big game. Football in the city of houston had been a staple since 1960 when the houston oilers were founded. The nfl selected the sites for super bowl 50 and super bowl li at the owners spring meetings in boston on may 21 2013.

Super bowl 51 between the new england patriots and atlanta falcons will be starting soon. Nrg stadium in houston has prepping for the big game for a while now and is one of the best places in the. The nrg stadium roof will be closed for super bowl 51 sunday night. The super bowl li halftime show took place on february 5 2017 at nrg stadium in houston texas as part of super bowl li.

On october 16 2012 the nfl announced that reliant stadium in houston which was renamed nrg stadium in 2014 was a finalist to host super bowl li. Michael ciaglo staff image 1 of 230. Lady gaga headlined the show with no special guests the first since super bowl xliv performing a medley of her hit songs including material from her then most recent studio album joanne 2016. Super bowl li just got a bit easier for kickers stephen gostkowski and matt bryant they won t have to deal with any wind as the roof of nrg stadium will be closed for the big game.

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. Bag inspection policy a to z guide from nrg stadium website. As the new england patriots face off against the atlanta falcons this weekend the backdrop of super bowl 51 is slated to be unlike any big game ever before. 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.

Therefore the nfl could elect to have the roof open or closed on game day. The preliminary plan was to open the roof on game day but rain on sunday could force it to be closed even if the rain doesn t fall during the game itself. Sunday s super bowl li between the new england patriots and atlanta falcons will be played in the retractable roofed nrg stadium in houston.