Posted on 04/10/2010 9:04:22 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
When the construction of Cowboys Stadium started, we all new that it was only a matter of time before the demolition of Texas Stadium. The fate of Texas Stadium has been set, the Dallas Cowboys old home will be destroyed on April 11th. The implosion will be sponsored by Kraft Macaroni & Cheese oddly enough, because nothing says buy macaroni & cheese like an implosion. That aside lets take a look at the Texas Stadium history and honor the longtime home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Now that we have the boring statistics out of the way lets take a look at the odd facts that made Texas Stadium great. It was in Irving, which as the Dallas Cowboys names implies is close to Dallas. The iconic hole in the roof was not planned, Texas Stadium was actually supposed to be a dome. The hole came about because the roof supports could not handle the weight of a dome. The supports were not modified because back in the day when the public funding for a project ran out, you stopped spending. Cowboys linebacker D. D. Lewis is responsible for the famous quote, “Texas Stadium has a hole in tis roof so god can watch his favorite team play”.
As we have seen with the new Cowboys Stadium, Texas Stadium also played host to plenty events that were not Dallas Cowboys Games. Events such as Concerts, Pro Wrestling, College Football, Religious Gatherings, High School Football, and even a Major League Lacrosse game.
Texas Stadium was the place that I became a fan of football, and it will suck to see it go. I know the stadium is not as high tech or cool as the new Cowboys Stadium, but you could still watch the Cowboys play there and I was lucky enough to see quite a few games there. Texas stadium didn’t do big video boards or 3-D glasses, it did football.
Kittycat looks like a certain painting by Francisco de Goya.
They could have potentially won 4 in a row instead of 3 out of 4.
Yep - he is down there somewhere. No hard feelings toward Jerry Jones - I just don’t like the somebitch.
Kind of sad.
Believe me, as a Lions fan, I sure would rather have Jerry as an owner than William Clay Ford.
Tom’s wife was lovingly called “Kitty”.
LOL
Well you have a point there. Jerry just needs to get out of the way and let the head coach run the team. He undermines every coach he has hired since Johnson by overriding many disciplinary actions the head coach takes on player problems and also screws up player selections of free agents. Look at his record through the years. But he is a shrewd business man - just not a football man.
Very sad to see it go.
I wish I could have visited the dome with the hole in the roof...
Just turn it into a jail for the Cowboys.
Heard him speak at my church, and we used to see him eating at our country club.
He was a classy guy.
My parents had season tickets to cowboy games when I was growing up. I got to go to about 1 game a season.
My favorite memories however were marching at the half-time shows when I was in high school.
I’m sad to see it go.
You’ve gotta be kidding! I clicked on this thread to see some pics of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders! Come on, guys!
I got to tour his house back in 1979. It had millions of dollars of modern art hanging on the walls.
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Do you really hate Texas? If so, please elaborate if so inclined. I'm merely curious and don't wish to counter with what I perceive as the merits of Texas. I'm simply wondering why is all...
Are you sure it wasn’t his brother John’s house? He was really into modern art. Clint was into football and women.
His flaws are many but I give Jerry Jones credit for opposing the Rooney Rule and for being second only to the Alex Spanos (Chargers) among NFL owners contributing to Republicans.
And unlike the Steeler's Dan Rooney, I doubt he'd be thanking 0bama after wining a Super Bowl.
It’s probably just the shape. That huge thorn on the bottom side.
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