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Football Hype With Houston Texans Tickets

Saturday 3 October 2009 @ 11:01 am

For those who want to experience the thrill and excitement of cutting edge football, you can’t get closer than with Houston Texans tickets. For a team that started out as an expansion team, the Texans are now seen as a team with the most potential in the NFL.

The Houston Texans are part of the National Football League and are affiliated to the AFC South and the American Football League. The Texans currently have no league, division or conference wins to their name, primarily because they are still a very new team.

From Hockey To Football

In 1997, a man by the name of Bob McNair was hoping to bring a hockey team to Houston- at that time football was not on his mind at all. He was hoping to bring an expansion team to Houston, but was unable to due to the lack of facilities. Instead, he decided to buy an existing franchise and move it to Houston. He was interested in the Edmonton Oilers, who were going through a rough patch.

However, Bud Adams changed the story a bit after he won approval to move the Houston Oilers to Tennessee. Houston was suddenly faced with the prospect of having no football team, at least for the next ten years. It was at that time that McNair decided to try for a football team instead. After a series of concerted efforts, in 1999 Houston was awarded the 32nd franchise in the NFL and in 2002, the team was finally ready to hit the field.

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Football Hype With Houston Texans Tickets