Texas Stadium

The Texas Stadium is a stage of American football located at Irving, in the western suburbs of Dallas, with the Texas.

Since 1971, its tenants are the Cowboys of Dallas, a team of American football which evolves/moves in NFL in division Is National Football Conference. Between 1972 and 1975 then of 1980 with 1981, the stage had also sheltered the Dallas Tornado which were a team of Football of the North American Soccer League. The stage can sit 65.595 people at the time of the matches of American football and it has 381 continuations of luxury for most fortunate. The cave of the Cowboys is surrounded by carparks being able to contain approximately 15.500 vehicles.

History

The Texas Stadium was inaugurated the October 24th 1971 with a victory of the Cowboys of Dallas over the Patriots of the News England, the score was of 44-21. After 4 years of constuction in order to replace the Knitting machine Bowl, as a stage of the Cowboys, it cost $35 million USD. At the origin, the stage should have been a covered stage, but the structure could not support the weight of the whole roof. The linebacker of the Cow-boys Dwight Douglas Lewis made a quotation celebrates by saying that the " trou" in the roof of the stage was " there; so that God can look at his équipe".

The stage is a neutral site for the matches of university American football and it was formerly the playing field of SMU Mustangs before NCAA stopped its program of American football in 1987-88 (SMU since built its own stage in its campus). In November and December, the Texas Stadium is an important place for the championship of American football of the colleges. The stage was used as provisional ground for two colleges of the sector of Dallas, Plano Senior High School in 1979 and Highland Park High School. The Big 12 Conference championship range of 2001 was held at the stage, as well as the Pro Bowl of 1973. In addition to football, the stage accommodated concerts, combat of Catch and gatherings religious such as Promise Keepers and the crusades of Billy Graham (the crusade of Graham was the first event held in Texas Stadium).

For 35 years of existence, the Texas Stadium has been always one of the best stages of the NFL, and one of most single in the league. After several years of play to the Knitting machine Bowl, the Cowboys of Dallas wanted a new stage very last thing exclusively for them. After agreements were made while making it possible at a new stage to be built, the first work started in 1967. The stage was baptized name of its place, Texas Stadium . The Cowboys of Dallas played their first match at the stage the October 24th 1971. The Texas Stadium is partially covered, a hole is in the center of the roof which makes it possible fans to remain with the shelters. More than 65.675 blue seats in two lines surround the ground. Two video tables of DiamondVision are located inside the stage. Flags commemorating the five Super Bowl S gained by the Cowboys are fixed on the roof.

The first event in Texas Stadium was the visit of Billy Graham, the October 24th 1971 and the first sports event was a match of American football NFL, which opposed the Cowboys of Dallas against the Patriots of the News England. The record of multitude in the stage is of 71.132 spectators at the time of a concert of Carman the October 22nd 1994.

a new stage

In 2009, the Cowboys of Dallas will move in a new stage which will accommodate between 80.000 and 100.000 spectators. The Dallas Cowboys New Stadium will be built with Arlington (Texas) and its cost is estimated at $1 billion USD. Work on the site of the stage began in May 2006 close to the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Until it opens, the Cowboys will continue to play in Texas Stadium.

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