Houston, Texas - Sports
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Sports Houston has teams for nearly every major professional sport: Houston Astros (Major League Baseball|MLB), Houston Texans (National Football League|NFL), Houston Rockets (National Basketball Association|NBA), Houston Dynamo (Major League Soccer|MLS), Houston Comets (Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA), Houston Aeros (American Hockey League|AHL), Houston Wranglers (World Team Tennis|WTT), Houston Takers (American Basketball Association (21st century)|ABA), Houston Energy (Women's Professional Football League|WPFL). Minute Maid Park (home of the Astros) and Toyota Center (Houston)|Toyota Center (home of the Rockets, and Aeros) are located in a revived area of downtown. The city has the Reliant Astrodome, the first domed stadium in the world; it also holds the NFL's first retractable-roof stadium, Reliant Stadium. Other sports facilities in Houston include Hofheinz Pavilion, Reliant Arena (home of the Comets), and Robertson Stadium (both used for University of Houston collegiate sports, the latter also for the Houston Dynamo), and Rice Stadium (home of the Rice University Owls football team). |
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