NRG Center, Houston TX | Nearby Businesses

The NRG Center is a convention center in Houston, Texas, United States. It is part of the NRG Park complex that was constructed around the NRG Astrodome and NRG Stadium. The NRG Center hosts various events year-round, including portions of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, who maintains its offices on the second floor of the building. The grand opening of the facility was on April 12, 2002, with the Houston Auto Show. Hermes Reed Architects was the architect for the facility.On March 12, 2014, the Reliant Center was renamed to the NRG Center.The facilityThe convention floor runs over 0.25mi in length, while total building size is long and wide, with a total area of 1400000sqft. The facility features over 706000sqft of contiguous single-level exhibition space, which is divisible into 11 separate halls, ranging in size from 40000to.The 61 meeting rooms are configurable into over 100 variations, and the two largest meeting rooms are 17000and. Each meeting room has its own dedicated sound, lighting and networking capabilities.There are also 118 loading bays, a 280000sqft marshalling area with over 200000sqft for shuttle transportation, and over 150000sqft of registration space. The facility the technological infrastructure capable of providing high-speed internet access, pre-wired fiber optic cabling backbone, on-site production facilities, 120 television monitors, as well as web-casting abilities.UsesAlong with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Reliant Center hosts some of the largest conventions and trade shows in Houston. Some examples of these events are the Offshore Technology Conference, The Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows, Nutcracker Market, Houston Auto Show, International Gem & Jewelry Show, The Vans Warped Tour, Houston Gun Collector's and Antique Show, and the Houston Boat, Sport, and Travel Show, to name a few.