With more than 2.3 million residents and a metro population exceeding 7 million, Houston is America's fourth-largest city.
It didn't come close to filling up NRG Stadium for NFL kickoff on Sunday.
With the Texans coming of a disastrous offseason and the Jacksonville Jaguars in town, Houstonians largely had better things to do on the NFL's first Sunday of 2021 than show up and watch the home team.
Here's how the crowd looked during pregame ceremonies.
The view from the press box as the home team took the field:
Maybe everyone else was in the bathroom or at the concession stands and would surge to their seats for kickoff.