After almost a year of speculation, the team was officially christened the Houston Texans during a downtown celebration on September 6, 2000 that included NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Bob McNair unveiling the new logo. McNair declared that he was positive about naming the team Stallions, but opted out of this since the horse imagery was overused in the league with the Denver Broncos, the Indianapolis Colts and the secondary logo of the San Diego Chargers. Texans was instead picked to be "something unique to Houston and the NFL", as well as representative of the bravery of Texas natives.