Reliant came off the side of Houston’s largest stadium more than two years ago. The name might finally come off Houston train stations and transit maps later this year, possibly in favor of the stop’s most famous feature.

After NRG removed Reliant’s name in 2014 from what’s now NRG Stadium – NRG purchased Reliant in 2009 after the latter inked a $300 million deal for the stadium’s rights – the utility declined to pay for changing the name on Metropolitan Transit Authority train platforms. So transit officials kept the name in place for the stop along the Red Line.

That, however, has led to confusion during major events when visitors don’t know whether to exit at Reliant or not, Metro CEO Tom Lambert said. To address the issue without a significant cost to Metro, officials are planning to spend about $2,000 pasting decals over signs at the Reliant Stop as they consider a permanent plan as part of a larger replacement of various maps and signs along the route.

The temporary measure will get Metro through NRG Park hosting the Super Bowl on Feb. 5.

Officials estimate a complete replacement of the Reliant name along the red Line and on Metro maps will cost $468,000.

Officials have approved policies to not incorporate businesses into rail station names. All names require Metro board approval.

Though the name remains unchanged, the issue has already changed how Metro chooses names, something that was also factored into the Green and Purple lines that opened last year. Rather than include the full BBVA Compass Stadium in the name of the station right outside the soccer field, Metro officials chose to call the station Eado/Stadium. Credit union TDECU has naming rights for the University of Houston Stadium, but Metro identifies the station at UH as Robertson Stadium/UH/TSU.

The university, however, has talked to Metro about adding TDECU to the name, though Metro officials have thus far said they are not willing to add a corporate name.

“At some point we head down this slippery slope of what we name things,” Metro board member Christof Spieler said.

During a discussion at a capital committee meeting on Tuesday, board members were more positive about a request from HoustonFirst – which manages the George R. Brown Convention Center – to change the Convention District station.

All of the permanent changes would come after the Super Bowl, officials said.

“If you’re going to do three, you need to do three at once,” Metro board member Jim Robinson said.

Metro’s naming policy requires the board to seek public comment before choosing a new station name, though officials already have some thoughts.

Robinson favored using the Astrodome in the name for NRG Park as an obvious landmark.

“It will still be there,” Robinson said.

Even the Astrodome name, however, comes with potential confusion. Board member Lex Frieden said he was worried an Astrodome stop might mislead visitors in going there instead of Minute Maid Park for Astros baseball games. While no name might be perfect, Frieden said officials must make clarity a priority.

“I think we have some confounding variables here,” Frieden said.

Because it connects some of the most popular spots inside Loop 610, simple names can be tricky, officials said. With four major sporting venues near the train lines, a simple “stadium” stop will not work.

Nor will a name that honors someone without providing location specifics. Robinson, who is appointed by Harris County to the Metro board, said he spoke to county commissioners and one idea for the station adjacent to NRG Park was to name it for former county commissioner El Franco Lee, who died in January.

The problem, Robinson said, is putting Lee’s name on the station – when NRG Park remains the name of the county-owned venue – doesn’t help travelers know where to exit the train.

Astrodome, however, had potential, Spieler and others said.

“Everybody knows where it is and it is incredibly memorable, much more than a stadium,” Spieler said. “There are a lot of stadiums in the world, but there is only one Astrodome.”