{"id":434957,"date":"2026-09-13T19:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T19:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434957\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T19:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T19:16:10","slug":"texans-fans-celebrate-return-of-nfl-season-with-food-music-and-tailgating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434957\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans fans celebrate return of NFL season with food, music and tailgating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 After a long offseason, Texans fans returned to the parking lots Sunday as Houston hosted the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">For many fans, the tailgate matters as much as what happens inside Reliant Stadium. Charles Randle Jr. said the atmosphere brings people together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cThe craziest thing to me is the way people interact with each other. It\u2019s just a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Martin Melendez said Texans tailgates welcome everyone\u2014even fans supporting the visiting team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cPeople are just friendly, fun, and loving the Texans. It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s the away team. People are welcome,\u201d Melendez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Fans also said the food helps turn game day into a neighborhood-style celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cThe food\u2019s great, and people are very excited to give it to you,\u201d Melendez said. \u201cIt\u2019s like walking into somebody\u2019s backyard: \u2018Hey, have a bite.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">For Johnathan Garcia, there\u2019s no shortage of tailgate activities. But his favorites include: \u201cProbably the cornhole, listening to music and chilling with people around you\u2014and spending time with people you rarely get to see, but you see them here tailgating,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Tailgate tickets are required for the Texans\u2019 official tailgate events and are sold separately from parking passes. Tickets for the Sept. 20 game against the Cincinnati Bengals were listed at just under $35. Fans can check availability <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstontexans.com\/stadium\/parking-tailgating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.houstontexans.com\/stadium\/parking-tailgating\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cI\u2019m just glad it\u2019s back. It\u2019s something to watch,\u201d Melendez said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Randle Jr. said he enjoys seeing the entire fan base involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cI like to see everyone involved,\u201d Randle Jr. said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">With nine home games on Houston\u2019s schedule this season, Texans fans will have plenty of opportunities to keep the tailgate tradition going.<\/p>\n<p>Houston Sports Daily<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  style=\"object-fit:cover;width:234px;height:50px\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kprc_houstonsportsdaily.jpeg\" width=\"234\" height=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf eUxjKG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 After a long offseason, Texans fans returned to the parking lots Sunday as Houston hosted the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4566,11351,10371,300,56,58,57,79,80,95414,154,143378,4842],"class_list":["post-434957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-bills","tag-buffalo","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-football","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-texans","tag-nfl","tag-reliant-stadium","tag-sports","tag-tailgates","tag-texans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434957","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=434957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}