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The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo announced plans to spend $300 million to build a new arena, two large barns and an administrative building a few miles south of Reliant Park.<\/p>\n
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The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo announced plans to spend $300 million to build a new arena, two large barns and an administrative building a few miles south of Reliant Park.<\/p>\n
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The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo announced plans to spend $300 million to build a new arena, two large barns and an administrative building a few miles south of Reliant Park.<\/p>\n
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The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo will spend roughly $300 million to\u00a0build a new arena<\/a> and agricultural complex a few miles south of Reliant Park (formerly NRG Park<\/a>), the largest investment of the nonprofit\u2019s history and one that cements its future in that part of Houston.<\/p>\n The rodeo announced Wednesday it will expand with a 5,000-seat arena to replace the aging one at Reliant Park, along with two large barns and an administrative building that amount to more than 1 million square feet in new space. The new complex will be on land the rodeo owns west of Texas 288 between Reed Road and Airport Boulevard. It is expected to be ready by the 2029 Rodeo.<\/p>\n The rodeo\u2019s annual event then will be split between Reliant Park and this complex, with the latter hosting horse shows, auctions and agricultural events. The bulk of programming, including concerts and the carnival, will remain at Reliant Park, though the new arena could host concerts, comedy shows and other events in the offseason.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n BACKGROUND: The Houston Rodeo needs a new arena at NRG Park. Who is going to pay for it?<\/a><\/p>\n Chris Boleman, the rodeo\u2019s president and CEO, said the organization started discussing this project before the COVID-19 pandemic. He described it as an expansion \u2013 not a relocation \u2013 that will allow the rodeo to program year round in addition to its marquee annual event in March. The rodeo\u2019s headquarters will remain at Reliant Center.<\/p>\n \u201cHome for us is still Reliant Park, and specifically the center\u2026 Our commitment is to be at Reliant Park long term,\u201d Boleman said. \u201cIt\u2019s really about creating the best environment possible for our horse and livestock exhibitors. This is the next chapter in our evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n RodeoHouston announced plans to build a new arena and agricultural complex at Texas 288 and Reed Road, near Dick Graves Park, photographed on June 23, 2026.<\/p>\n Elizabeth Conley\/Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n Replacing the arena was one key tenet of ongoing lease negotiations between Harris County, the Houston Texans and the rodeo for the future of Reliant Park. Reliant Arena has long been considered past its life span<\/a>, and the rodeo has been mulling its options for a replacement. The Texans also are considering a new football stadium<\/a>, and there remains an open question about what to do with the vacant Astrodome<\/a> in the middle of the campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Texans announced in February that they would move the team\u2019s headquarters and practice facilities offsite<\/a> to a new facility in the Bridgeland area. Harris County approved $150 million toward that project, to be paid for with a tax increment reinvestment zone<\/a> (TIRZ), in which part of the county\u2019s property taxes are set aside each year to be spent only within that area.<\/p>\n EXCLUSIVE: The Houston Texans may seek public money to build new football stadium<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n