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| Location | 2401 East Airport Freeway Irving, Texas 75062 |
| Opened | October 24, 1971 |
| Owner | City of Irving |
| Operator | Texas Stadium Corp |
| Surface | Artificial Turf |
| Construction cost | $35 million USD |
| Tenants | Dallas Cowboys (NFL) (1971-2008) Dallas Tornado (NASL) (1972-1975), (1980-1981) |
| Capacity | 65,675 |
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Construction
Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl as the Cowboys' home field, the stadium was designed with a unique open roof design, which resulted in most of the stands being enclosed but not the playing field itself. The Cotton Bowl is a Stadium which opened in 1932 and became known as "The House that Doak Built" due to the immense crowds that former SMU running back Doak Walker This unusual arrangement—more commonly seen in European soccer stadiums—prompted Cowboys linebacker D. D. Lewis to make his now-famous quip that the "hole" in the stadium's roof was there "so that God can watch his favorite team. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Dwight Douglas "D D" Lewis (born October 16, 1945 in Knoxville Tennessee) is a former American football Linebacker in "
Playing surface
The playing surface installed in 1971 officially was labeled Texas Turf, and was a form of AstroTurf. The 1971 NFL season was the 52nd Regular season of the National Football League. AstroTurf is a brand of Artificial turf. Though the term is a Registered trademark, it is sometimes used as a generic description of any kind The original surface was replaced in 1981 and that generation of Texas Turf was replaced in 1996 with a much darker turf. The 1981 NFL season was the 62nd Regular season of the National Football League. The 1996 NFL season was the 77th Regular season of the National Football League and the season was marked by notable controversies from beginning to end The 1981-96 version was notable for having a large patch between the 35 and 40 yard line from the sideline to the middle of the field on one side of the field. The 1996 turf was replaced by a somewhat softer surface called RealGrass, similar to FieldTurf, in the middle of the 2002 season. FieldTurf Tarkett, a division of Tarkett Inc is a Peachtree City GA -based company that manufactures and installs Artificial turf playing surfaces identified The 2002 season of the National Football League (NFL was the 83rd one played by the major professional American football league in the United It is now tufted nylon 6.
Non-Cowboys related events hosted
The stadium hosts neutral-site college football games and was formerly was the home field of the SMU Mustangs before the NCAA shut down its football program in 1987-88. Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations (SMU has since built its own on-campus stadium. Gerald J Ford Stadium is a Stadium in Highland Park Texas, one of the two "Park Cities" that form an enclave of Dallas ) In November and December, Texas Stadium is a major venue for high school football. It is not uncommon for there to be high school football tripleheaders at the stadium. Texas Stadium has served as a temporary home for two Dallas-area high schools, Plano Senior High School in 1979 after its home stadium was damaged by a prank gone awry, and Highland Park High School while a new stadium on campus was being built. Plano Senior High School (commonly Plano, Plano Senior High, or PSHS) is a public secondary school in Plano, Texas, History The school was established in 1922 Before 1922 Highland Park students who were ready for high school rode the trolley down Cole Avenue to Dallas to attend The 2001 Big 12 conference championship game was held at the site, as well as the 1973 Pro Bowl. The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. The 1973 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on January 21, 1973 at Texas Stadium in Irving Texas.
In addition to football, the stadium has hosted concerts, pro wrestling events, and religious gatherings such as Promise Keepers and Billy Graham crusades (a Graham crusade was the first event held at Texas Stadium). Promise Keepers is an international conservative Christian organization for men, based in Denver, Colorado, United States, self-described William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian The two "bridges" that are connected to one of the support arms are called "Garth Bars". They were installed for a Garth Brooks concert so he could fly above the crowd and have remained ever since. Troyal Garth Brooks, known professionally as Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter.
From 1984 until 1988, the stadium hosted the annual World Class Championship Wrestling's David Von Erich Memorial Parade of Champions wrestling card every May. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW was a popular regional Professional wrestling promotion run out of Dallas and Fort Worth Texas. David Allen Adkisson ( July 22[[ 958]] – February 10[[ 984]] was an American professional wrestler who competed as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" The initial 1984 card drew over 40,000 fans; the highest attendance of any wrestling card in the state of Texas at that time.
On May 25th, 2008 Texas Stadium will host the first ever professional lacrosse game in Texas when the two time defending champions Philadelphia Barrage play the Long Island Lizards. The Philadelphia Barrage is a Lacrosse team that was based in Philadelphia Pennsylvania from the 2004 season until the 2008 season The Long Island Lizards are a professional Lacrosse team based in Uniondale New York, USA, located on Long Island. Both teams compete in the Eastern Conference of the Major League Lacrosse[1]. Major League Lacrosse is a professional outdoor Lacrosse league that is made up of teams within the United States.
The Cowboys' departure from Texas Stadium
The Cowboys will leave Texas Stadium after the 2008 NFL season for a new, as-yet-unnamed stadium; to open for the 2009 NFL season; that will be partially funded by taxpayers in Arlington, Texas. Dallas Cowboys New Stadium is the Working title of a new Stadium being built in Arlington, Texas for the NFL 's Dallas Cowboys Arlington is a Suburb of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas ( USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area In November 2004, Arlington voters approved a half-cent (. November 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September 005 per US Dollar) sales tax to fund $325 million of the then estimated $650 million stadium by a margin of 55-45. Jerry Jones, the Cowboys' owner, spent over $5 million backing the ballot measure, but also agreed to cover any cost overruns which as of 2006 had already raised the estimated cost of the project to $1 billion. Jerral "Jerry" Jones (born October 13, 1942, in Los Angeles California) is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys NFL franchise
The fate of Texas Stadium after the Cowboys' departure remains uncertain. The roof, whose worn paint had become unsightly in the early 2000s, was repainted in the summer of 2006 by the City of Irving. It was the first time the famed roof was repainted since Texas Stadium opened. The roof is structurally independent from the stadium it covers. As a tribute to the original Texas Stadium, the new stadium, which will have a retractable roof system, will also include a setting that mimics the hole in the roof. [2]
References
External links
- http://www.california.com/~csuppes/NFL/DallasCowboys/index.htm includes a photo giving a good impression of the scale of the stadium.
- http://www.crossroadsdfw.com shows potential redevelopment plans for the stadium after the Cowboys leave, including possible preservation of the roof by itself.
| Preceded by Cotton Bowl |
Home of the Dallas Cowboys October 24, 1971 – 2008 |
Succeeded by New Cowboys Stadium (2009) |
| Preceded by Franklin Field |
Home of the Dallas Tornado 1972 – 1975 |
Succeeded by Ownby Stadium |
| Preceded by Ownby Stadium |
Home of the Dallas Tornado 1980 – 1981 |
Succeeded by final venue |
| Preceded by Arrowhead Stadium |
Host of the Big 12 Championship Game 2001 |
Succeeded by Reliant Stadium |
| Preceded by Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
Host of the NFL Pro Bowl 1973 |
Succeeded by Arrowhead Stadium |
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