TEXAS STADIUM

Texas Stadium, located at 2401 East Airport Freeway, Irving, TX 75062, has been the home of the Dallas Cowboys since 1971. Prior to Texas Stadium, the Cowboys played in the Cotton Bowl for 11 years. Texas Stadium is owned by the city of Irving and used an artificial playing surface instead of grass for a long period before making the switch to the new and improved Fieldturf surface. The city passed a bond in order to publicly raise the $35 million needed to finance the construction of Texas Stadium. In addition to the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL, Texas Stadium also plays host to the state championship of high school football in Texas. Texas Stadium has been the home of the team in each of their five Super Bowl championships, including a Super Bowl VI victory in the stadium’s first season. The stadium can hold almost 66,000 people and features 379 luxury suites for the fans. The Cowboys are one of the most popular teams in football and even in all of sports so the vast majority of home games result in sellouts.

Texas Stadium is unique in the fact that the stadium is only partially domed, with a hole in the center of the dome. This feature allows the fans to stay out of the possibly inclement weather while keeping the outdoor atmosphere alive. Texas Stadium also was one of the first stadiums to offer many of the amenities that other stadiums have now, like the jumbo video boards and scoreboards, the luxury suites, and the stadium club where fans can gather for parties and other occasions. The Dallas Cowboys have been one of the most successful and popular teams of the NFL over the last 15 years so they’ve had more television exposure on their city and stadium. Fans across the nation and in other parts of the world have seen the Ring of Honor and the famous Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders on television, and almost any true fan of football has made at least one “pilgrimage” to their very own Mecca, the one and only Texas Stadium.

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