BBVA Compass Stadium Tickets

American football may be witness to brute force action and heavily padded players ramming into each other for control of the ball, but it is soccer where the action never stops and players can only bank on their fancy legwork to score goals. Soccer, which has largely been the sporting religion of the European masses, has had relatively fewer devotees in the US in the past couple of decades. However the new millennium is witnessing a multitude of football followers shifting or splitting their loyalties to soccer. One of the latest centers of soccer worship is the newly constructed BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston Texas that is home to the Houston Dynamo team of the Major League Soccer. Claim some BBVA Compass Stadium tickets to behold electrically charged sporting and entertainment events in this honeycomb hub.
 
The BBVA Compass Stadium was just a concept in 2006 and it entailed five years of negotiations, acquisition of land right and deals being struck between investors and major banks that saw the venue's ground breaking take place. Following the coming on board of the MLS Houston Dynamo franchise, the area earmarked for the project was 30 acres. The mayor of the city of Bellaire, whose city limits were in proximity to the proposed stadium site, was opposed to its construction as it was located away from other athletic facilities situated in downtown Houston, especially in the vicinity of Reliant Park. Nonetheless, the Houston City Council unanimously gave the developers the full go ahead and the ground breaking took place in February 2011.
 
The BBVA Compass Stadium was designed by the world-renowned architectural firm Populous, which besides designing many major international sporting venues such as the Wembley Stadium and Emirates Stadium in London and the O2 arenas in Berlin and Dublin, had already designed three of Houston's sports venues - the Minute Maid Park, Toyota Center and the Reliant Stadium. The BBVA Compass Stadium was finished right on schedule at a price tag of $95 million and opened its doors on May 12th, 2012 with a kick-off game between Houston Dynamo and D.C. United, with the former clinching it 1-0. The stadium is able to accommodate more than 22,000 screaming fans, with 7,000 in the lower section and 1,100 in club seats, as well as provisions for exclusive seating via 34 private suites.
 
Fans and aficionados of both FIFA and MLS standard soccer as well as football, rugby, and lacrosse will find themselves equally enthralled at the BBVA Compass Stadium. With the Texas Southern University football team also playing its home games at the venue besides the primary tenants the Houston Dynamo, the stadium has already had the US and Italian rugby teams battle it out on the Tifway 419 Bermuda grass. Moreover, the stadium has also given football fanatics in the region a taste of things to come by hosting a game between the teams of two local high schools. So secure some BBVA Compass Stadium tickets now to ensure your presence in a seasonal soccer fiesta with lashings of football and rugby.