BBVA Stadium

BBVA Stadium
	The Oven
	BBVA Stadium
Earlier names
	BBVA Compass Stadium (2012-2019)
Data
place	2200 Texas Avenue Houston , Texas 77003 ;
Coordinates	29 ° 45 '7.4 " N , 95 ° 21' 8.5" W Coordinates: 29 ° 45 '7.4 " N , 95 ° 21' 8.5" W.
owner	Harris County-Houston Sports Authority
operator	Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)
start of building	February 5, 2011
opening	May 12, 2012
First game	May 12, 2012 ; Houston Dynamo - DC United 1-0
surface	Natural grass ( Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass )
costs	about 95 million US dollars
architect	Populous ( Kansas City, Missouri )
capacity	22,039 seats
Societies)
	Houston Dynamo ( MLS , since 2012); Texas Southern Tigers ( NCAA football, since 2012); Houston Dash ( NWSL , since 2014);
Events
	CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013; Central American Cup 2014; CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015; CONCACAF Gold Cup 2019;

The BBVA Stadium (until 2019 BBVA Compass Stadium ) is a football stadium in the US city of Houston in the state of Texas . The stadium is since May 12, 2012, the venue of the MLS - Franchise Houston Dynamo . It offers spectators 22,039 seats. This includes 1,100 business seats and 50 seats for journalists. The sports facility is also home to the Texas Southern University football team , the Texas Southern Tigers ( National Collegiate Athletic Association ), and the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League .

history

With the move of the San José Earthquakes to Houston and the associated re-establishment of Houston Dynamo at the end of December 2005, the search for a suitable location for a football-specific stadium began. As long as the team played their games in Robertson Stadium , an all-purpose stadium on the grounds of the University of Houston . A suitable area was finally found in the eastern center of the city, East End. In the immediate vicinity are the Minute Maid Park of the Houston Astros and the Toyota Center of the Houston Rockets .

On April 7, 2010, the Houston City Council approved the construction project, and the Harris County Commissioners Court did so six days later. On December 2, 2010, a lease agreement was reached with the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority. The final hurdle was cleared on February 2, 2011 when the grants were approved by the Houston City Council. The foundation stone was laid on February 5, 2011. In December 2011, the US offshoot of the international banking company Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria , BBVA Compass, secured the naming rights to the stadium for a total of twenty million US dollars over ten years. The opening game against DC United on May 12, 2012 , was won 1-0 by Dynamo.

The stadium has four main entrances and exits. In addition to the 22,039 seats, there are 33 boxes and two party boxes in the stands . The HD - LED - video wall has a size of 25 ft x 40 ft (7.62 m × 12.19 m). A total of seven comment booths are available, four of which are intended for television and three for radio. In addition to the changing room of the Houston Dynamo, there are four other cabins.

In December 2012, the BBVA Stadium from was US Green Building Council in the LEED stage Silver filed.

On June 13, 2019, the BBVA bank announced that it would in future only operate under the name “BBVA” instead of “BBVA Compass” in the United States. In this context, the "BBVA Compass Stadium" was also renamed the BBVA Stadium.

financing

The $ 95 million the project is expected to cost is broken down as follows:

The owner group of Houston Dynamo ( Anschutz Entertainment Group , as well as its partners Golden Boy Promotions and Brener International Group) is paying 60 million US dollars . The Texas Southern University , whose football team will also deliver their games at the stadium, is contributing an undisclosed amount.
The city of Houston and Harris County are paying US $ 20 million for infrastructure measures.
The city of Houston paid 15 million US dollars for the purchase of the building site. Harris County later paid half, and in return became a co-owner of the stadium.

The owner is the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority on behalf of the city and county. Houston Dynamo pays a lease of $ 65,000 a year for the next 30 years.