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The NRG Arena (formerly the Astroarena and Reliant Arena), is a sports center in NRG Park, in Houston, Texas, USA.
In addition to the Arena Proper, there are four exhibit halls within the NRG Arena. The largest hall is Exhibit Hall D, boasting of space. The second is Exhibit Hall A, which has of space. Exhibit Halls B and C each have of floor space as well.
The upper level maintains smaller meeting rooms and office space as well as the "Stockman's Club".
The Arena has since been utilized for several other events, including the National Catholic Youth Conference in 2003 and the peripheral events of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
After previously occupying the Compaq Center from 1998 to 2000, the PBR held a Bud Light Cup event in Reliant Arena in 2001; this was their last big-league event in Houston to date.
In 1993, World Championship Wrestling held their . Furthermore, the WWE hosted the March 31, 2005 episode of WWE SmackDown.
In 2005, the Arena was used as auxiliary housing and a field clinic for residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina after it was deemed that the Reliant Astrodome would be insufficient for comfortably housing over 30,000 residents.
On July 16, 2007, the arena played host to the first indoor stop on the 2007 Vans Warped Tour.
On July 13, 2008, the arena hosted Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Victory Road event.
Reliant Arena became the home of the Women's National Basketball Association's Houston Comets for what proved to be their final season, 2008.
On March 12, 2014, the arena was renamed as the NRG Arena, after the sponsor, Reliant Energy, was acquired by NRG Energy.
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