The parking lot of the giant Reliant Park complex, which is located 5 miles south of downtown Houston and includes both the famed Astrodome and hulking Reliant Stadium, home of the National Football League's (NFL's) Texans, opened at 6 a.m., while it was still dark out. People started lining up soon after outside a large hangar-like conference center next to the two stadiums. And by 8 a.m., with a substantial queue already snaking along the corridors, one of the more peculiar yard sales in American history was underway.
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