TDECU Stadium

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TDECU Stadium
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TDECU Stadium
TDECU Stadium
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place 3874 Holman Street Houston , Texas 77004
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 29 ° 43 '19 "  N , 95 ° 20' 57"  W Coordinates: 29 ° 43 '19 "  N , 95 ° 20' 57"  W.
owner University of Houston System
operator University of Houston
start of building February 8, 2013
opening 29th August 2014
surface Artificial turf (UBU Speed ​​Series S5-M Turf)
costs 128 million US dollars
architect DLR Group
PageSoutherlandPage
Smith & Company Architects
capacity 40,000
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The TDECU Stadium is a college football - stadium in the US city of Houston in the state of Texas . It is located on the campus of the University of Houston and has capacity for 40,000 spectators. The University of Houston football team (Houston Cougars) and the Houston Roughnecks from the XFL currently play their home games here.

TDECU Stadium was built on the previous site of Robertson Stadium , which hosted the Houston Cougars' home games from 1946 to 2013. The naming rights were sold to the Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (TDECU) .

panorama

Panorama of the TDECU Stadium

Web links

Commons : TDECU Stadium  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ UH Breaks Ground on New Football Stadium. In: Houston Chronicle . February 8, 2013, accessed February 12, 2020 .
  2. Christopher Shelton: UH announces investigation of $ 5 million used for TDECU stadium. In: Daily Cougar. November 15, 2014, accessed February 12, 2020 .
  3. Sam Khan Jr .: UH to build new stadium on site of existing one. In: Chron.com. March 28, 2012, accessed February 12, 2020 .
  4. ^ Joseph Duarte: UH's stadium naming-rights deal among colleges' most lucrative. In: Houston Chronicle . July 9, 2014, accessed February 12, 2020 .