{"id":377764,"date":"2026-07-18T07:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377764\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T07:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:36:19","slug":"houston-stadium-no-more-crews-take-down-fifa-world-cup-signs-to-bring-back-reliant-stadium-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377764\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Stadium no more: Crews take down FIFA World Cup signs to bring back Reliant Stadium name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; New signs are going into place at the home of the Houston Texans, which will soon have a new but familiar name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SkyEye13 flew over the stadium on Thursday and captured crews removing World Cup signs and installing the Reliant Energy logo. The building was known as <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/world-cup-reliant-signs-go-nrg-park-prepares-name-change-summer\/19201506\/\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Stadium<\/a> while the World Cup was in town.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crews were seen removing the FIFA World Cup signs from the no longer &quot;Houston Stadium&quot; and installing the Reliant Energy logo on Thursday, July 16.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/19527578_071726-ktrk-reliant-back-skyeye-img.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Crews were seen removing the FIFA World Cup signs from the no longer &#8220;Houston Stadium&#8221; and installing the Reliant Energy logo on Thursday, July 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The stadium opened in 2002 as Reliant and became NRG Stadium in 2014.\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There will be a ribbon-cutting to mark the official return of Reliant Park on July 29.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Texans play their first game of the regular season at Reliant Stadium on Sept. 13 against the Bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SEE RELATED STORIES:<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/looking-nrg-stadiums-future-houston-livestock-show-rodeo-texans-building-new-facilities\/19396401\/\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Looking at NRG Stadium&#8217;s future as Houston Livestock Show &amp; Rodeo and Texans build new facilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/reliant-nrg-back-stadium-many-names\/18901155\/\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From Reliant, to NRG, back to Reliant: ABC13 breaks down the stadium&#8217;s history with many names<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; New signs are going into place at the home of the Houston Texans, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[133594,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-377764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-133594","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}