BBVA Compass Stadium

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multi-purpose sports venue soccer-specific stadium sports stadium

BBVA Compass Stadium, now known as Shell Energy Stadium, is a soccer-specific and multi-purpose sports venue in Houston, Texas, primarily serving as the home of Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
BBVA Compass Stadium canonical	8
Shell Energy Stadium	4
BBVA Field	3
BBVA Stadium	3
Houston Dynamo Stadium	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T974670 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BBVA Compass Stadium
Context triple: [Texas Southern Tigers football, formerHomeStadium, BBVA Compass Stadium]

A. NRG Stadium
NRG Stadium is a multi-purpose, retractable-roof stadium in Houston, Texas, best known as the home of the NFL’s Houston Texans and a frequent host of major events like the Super Bowl and NCAA Final Four.
B. Qualcomm Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium was a multi-purpose sports venue in San Diego, California, best known for hosting Major League Baseball and NFL games before its demolition.
C. KCOM Stadium
KCOM Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Kingston upon Hull, England, best known as the home ground of Hull City A.F.C. and Hull FC.
D. Reliant Stadium
Reliant Stadium, now known as NRG Stadium, is a multi-purpose, retractable-roof sports venue in Houston, Texas, best known as the home of the NFL’s Houston Texans and host of major events including multiple Super Bowls.
E. State Farm Stadium
State Farm Stadium is a multi-purpose retractable-roof stadium in Glendale, Arizona, best known as the home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals and host of major events like the Super Bowl and college football championships.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BBVA Compass Stadium
Target entity description: BBVA Compass Stadium, now known as Shell Energy Stadium, is a soccer-specific and multi-purpose sports venue in Houston, Texas, primarily serving as the home of Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo.

A. NRG Stadium
NRG Stadium is a multi-purpose, retractable-roof stadium in Houston, Texas, best known as the home of the NFL’s Houston Texans and a frequent host of major events like the Super Bowl and NCAA Final Four.
B. Qualcomm Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium was a multi-purpose sports venue in San Diego, California, best known for hosting Major League Baseball and NFL games before its demolition.
C. KCOM Stadium
KCOM Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Kingston upon Hull, England, best known as the home ground of Hull City A.F.C. and Hull FC.
D. Reliant Stadium
Reliant Stadium, now known as NRG Stadium, is a multi-purpose, retractable-roof sports venue in Houston, Texas, best known as the home of the NFL’s Houston Texans and host of major events including multiple Super Bowls.
E. State Farm Stadium
State Farm Stadium is a multi-purpose retractable-roof stadium in Glendale, Arizona, best known as the home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals and host of major events like the Super Bowl and college football championships.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multi-purpose sports venue ⓘ multi-purpose sports venue ⓘ soccer-specific stadium ⓘ soccer-specific stadium ⓘ sports stadium ⓘ sports stadium ⓘ
architect	Populous ⓘ
brokeGround	2011-02-05 ⓘ
cityDistrict	Downtown Houston ⓘ
constructionCostUSD	95000000 ⓘ
fieldDimensions	115 yards x 75 yards ⓘ
formerName	BBVA Stadium ⓘ Houston Dynamo Stadium ⓘ linked to: BBVA Compass Stadium
formerNameOf	Shell Energy Stadium ⓘ
generalContractor	Manhattan Construction Company ⓘ
hasScoreboards	two ⓘ
homeStadiumOf	Houston Dash ⓘ Houston Dynamo FC ⓘ linked to: Houston Dynamo Texas Southern Tigers football ⓘ
hostedEvent	CONCACAF Gold Cup matches ⓘ linked to: CONCACAF Gold Cup NCAA college football games ⓘ United States men’s national soccer team matches ⓘ United States women’s national soccer team matches ⓘ
leagueAssociatedWith	Major League Soccer ⓘ National Women’s Soccer League ⓘ linked to: National Women's Soccer League
locatedInCity	Houston ⓘ
locatedInCountry	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedInState	Texas ⓘ
neighborhood	East Downtown Houston ⓘ linked to: EaDo (East Downtown Houston)
opened	2012-05-12 ⓘ
operator	AEG Facilities ⓘ linked to: AEG Europe
otherUse	American football ⓘ concerts ⓘ rugby union ⓘ
owner	Harris County–Houston Sports Authority ⓘ linked to: Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation
primaryUse	soccer ⓘ
publicTransit	METRORail Green Line ⓘ METRORail Purple Line ⓘ
roofType	partially covered stands ⓘ
seatingCapacitySoccer	22000 ⓘ
sponsor	BBVA Compass ⓘ linked to: BBVA Compass Bancshares Shell Energy ⓘ
surface	natural grass ⓘ
tenantSince	Houston Dash, 2014 ⓘ Houston Dynamo FC, 2012 ⓘ Texas Southern Tigers football, 2012 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited