Extremely limited and typically not for anything outside of family members. They're extremely picky on who gets access to tickets. If one were to be resold, my cousin would immediately be fired.
Interesting to hear. Somewhat off topic, I think Houston would be a great sports tourist place. We got a decent public transportation system that connects NRG, Toyota Center, Minute Maid, UH, and the MLS stadium by rail. We actually got a lot of good food and good drinks connected to rail along with our museums. Shame, DFW has been stealing some college bowl games lately since all they got is a newer stadium.
Houston cleared $338M, or so they say. http://www.chron.com/business/texan...ing-comes-in-slightly-lower-than-11173308.php
DFW has always had a decent college football presence... between the cotton bowl and the RRS. Houston, even in the Astrodome days, never had a marquee bowl game (Bluebonnet bowl?), and we all know it has its deficiencies as a college sports town (as does Dallas). The Final Four coming here a couple of times does help... the NCAA knows the shape of the facilities as well as surrounding areas. Frankly, the Arlington location has always presented logistical problems for hosting big events, as tourists or media members are constantly commuting between Dallas and Arlington.
That's true, I was mostly referring to since DFW built the new cowboy stadium. I just think they've done a better job of marketing themselves for large events like college bowl games. I live in Austin now and me and a buddy came down to Houston a few weekends ago to catch an Astros game. It was just so simple staying downtown since everything was either close by or a short train trip. Certainly can't stumble out a Flying Saucer in Dallas (rather Arlington) and decide whether to take the train to the next stop to the baseball stadium or stumble there. The Houston homer in me wishes Houston would market itself better in that regard, we're a great city to stumble to a stadium or hotel room when booking downtown.
