.."been told I influence people, not always good"
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.
Somewhere my folks have a pic of him standing on the 50 yard line getting his diploma.
Bittersweet. I remember chasing Roger Staubach around that stadium years ago after the tribute to Coach Landry ;-) and FINALLY getting his autograph...took my Hindu husband to a Carman Christian concert there years later, it was standing room only, full to the brim with God-praising singing along fans—my husband one of them! Awesome memories. Never saw a football game live there, but watched hundreds of games on tv over the years. Hate to see that open-roof stadium go! :-(
He’ll never be forgiven for what he did to Coach Tom Landry all those years ago.
The very first event at Texas Stadium was a Billy Graham Crusade on 17 September 1971. Continuing that, a Christian concert would have been my personal preference for the opening of the Cowboy Stadium in Arlington.
Many years of good memories will go down with it. I remember when the Cowboys were America’s Team.
I’m betting that FoxNews breaks away for a commercial and has to show the implosion via video tape.
They have a history of doing just that.
Fireworks going off live at the stadium.
Nearing implosion time.
CNN covering live.
Gone in 20 seconds.
Kind of sad.
WFAA TV showed the aerial without all the screen graphics on CNN. FoxNews cut away almost immediately after the implosion.
http://www.wfaa.com/home/related/LIVE-Texas-Stadium-Implosion-90561634.html
.."been told I influence people, not always good"
Now understand, I know enough about Texas and their culture to know what I am about to say is considered .... Blasphemous. There is a almost religious like devotion to Texas (Texas pride) that is not allowed to be questioned. So those that have drunk the kool aid will not like it, and end up calling me names etc. You are not allowed to pull the curtain back on Texas and say... “You know, the people are shallow, materialistic, and star struck by appearances... The place is hot, it smells, the weather sucks, and it is thousands of square miles of nothingness....”
I find the Texas culture to be very nice on the surface level ( southern hospitality) , but very in-authentic and superficial anything beyond initial niceties. I lived there for 4 years and I found that there is a pervasive ( not in every, but enough to make generalities)that what is shown on the outside is far more important than the inside. There can and are sick, dysfunctional things that go on in families, that as soon as they walk out of their house they completely pretend and defend to the death, that nothing is wrong.
I found that people could not allow others to see who they really are and spent most of their energy on appearances. It is this kinda weird culture that everyone knows it is taboo to express how you are really feeling.
Or what your personal faith is has little bearing on what you do in business or your personal life. If you can cheat your business partner and get away with it well, that’s okay because...”it’s just business”
And clear statistical example of this is this... The Dallas/Ft.Worth area is the most populated church area in the country. Highest stats of church attenders. That same area has the highest divorce rate and prescription drug abuse, child abuse, suicides in the country.
This is the fruit of a culture that is not authentic of what is happening below the surface.
So I can go on and on, but you get the picture. I have talked to people that have lived in both Texas and California and they find Texas to be far more materialistic and in authentic than california.
I was there, the concussion from the detonations was really something.
I saw a few games in that house and we had a lot of glorious games there. Yeah, sad to see it go. People were cheering as it collapsed and the dust cloud went up. ‘Skins fans, I guess ;)
I sure hope not.
I hate that you came across people like that here in our great state of Texas. :) I love it here, and would be hard pressed to leave and live in another state that has a state income tax.
I don’t care.
Blowing up a perfectly good building is a criminal waste but never underestimate the power of stupid people with explosives.
On youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7NHMn-pJZ0
Fort Worth?
The irony is that the Cotton Bowl is still there.
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