The Professional Sports Scene in Houston and Their Amazing Athletic Facilities
Houston, Texas is big in every way, it is the biggest city in a state where people commonly say the slogan, everything’s bigger in Texas. Sports are included in this with Houston having professional teams in all sports except the NHL and have hosted some of the biggest sporting events in the world located in this southern city according to a Houston 3PL warehouse business. Some of these enormous events that have happened in Houston are Wrestle mania, MLB All Star game, US Men’s clay court championships, LPGA Championships, and the Super bowl twice. The facilities here are amazing and are top of the line with Houston having the first domed stadium ever built in the world that rised above the Houston public warehouse for indoor events. Houston also has the National Football league’s 1st retractable roof stadium called Reliant Stadium.
The major league baseball team in Houston is called the Houston Astros and they play baseball at Minute maid Park that used to be known as Enron field. In the year 2005 was the Astros most successful season getting to the World Series versus the Chicago White Sox. The team was originally known as the Colt .45’s but changed when they moved into the first domed stadium known as the Astrodome. This name was the reference to the importance the space program had in the city of Houston. After that move into the Astrodome, they renamed the team to be called the Houston Astros.
Football is a big priority in Texas and the professional team in Houston is the Houston Texans. They are a new team having started in only 2002 after the longtime Houston Oilers were purchased and moved to Tennessee. The newly formed Texans have the opportunity to play in Reliant Stadium that is a great stadium with a retractable roof. This can be closed during inclement weather or extreme heat which frequently happens in Houston. Gary Kubiak is the current head coach of the Houston Texans and the owner of the football organization is Bob McNair.
The NBA team in this city is called the Houston Rockets and was started in 1967 in California and then relocated to Houston in 1971. The name refers to the NASA and the rocket programs in Houston. A couple of the top players for the Houston rockets were Moses Malone who was on the team in the late 70’s and early 80’s and Hakeem Olajuwon who was a Rocket during the 90’s both earning NBA MVP of the Year awards. Another notable player was the 7 foot 6 inch center from China, Yao Ming who became one of the most recognizable professional basketball players when he signed to be on the Houston Rockets in 2002.
The major league soccer team in Houston is known as the Houston Dynamo and is the most recent addition to the city’s professional sports teams starting in 2005. Famous professional boxer, Oscar De la Hoya has part ownership in the team that plays at Robertson stadium {located|situated] on the University of Houston campus and is presently planning on building a soccer specific stadium for the team.


