Editing Dallas Cowboys (section)

==Stadiums==

===Cotton Bowl===
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[[File:CottonBowl.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The main entrance to the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]] in [[Dallas]]]]
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]] drew to the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s. Originally known as the Fair Park Bowl, it is located in [[Fair Park]], site of the [[State Fair of Texas]]. Concerts or other events using a stage allow the playing field to be used for additional spectators. The Cotton Bowl was the longtime home of the annual [[Cotton Bowl Classic]] college football bowl game, for which the stadium is named. (Beginning with the January 2010 game, the Cotton Bowl Classic has been played at [[AT&T Stadium]] in Arlington.) The Dallas Cowboys called the Cotton Bowl home for 11 years, from the team's formation in 1960 until 1971, when the Cowboys moved to [[Texas Stadium]]. It is the only Cowboys stadium within the Dallas [[city limits]]. The Cowboys hosted the Green Bay Packers for the [[1966 NFL Championship Game|1966 NFL Championship]] at the Cotton Bowl.<ref name="k235">{{cite web | last=D'Amato | first=Gary | title=50 years ago, Starr shined in epic NFL title game | website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | date=2016-12-27 | url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2016/12/27/50-years-ago-starr-shined-epic-nfl-title-game/95856906/ | access-date=2024-08-24}}</ref>

===Texas Stadium===
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[[File:Texas Stadium.jpeg|thumb|upright=1|The outside of [[Texas Stadium]] in [[Irving, Texas|Irving]]]]
For the majority of the franchise's history the Cowboys played their home games at Texas Stadium. Just outside the city of Dallas, the stadium was located in [[Irving, Texas|Irving]]. The stadium opened on October 24, 1971, at a cost of $35&nbsp;million and with a [[seating capacity]] of 65,675. The stadium was famous for its hole-in-the-roof dome. The roof's worn paint had become so unsightly in the early 2000s that it 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 was structurally independent from the stadium it covered. The Cowboys lost their final game at Texas Stadium to the [[Baltimore Ravens]], 33–24, on December 20, 2008. After Cowboys Stadium was opened in 2009, the Cowboys turned over the facility to the City of Irving.

In [[2009 NFL season|2009]], it was replaced as home of the Cowboys by [[AT&T Stadium|Cowboys Stadium]], which officially opened on May 27, 2009, in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/cowboys/2009-09-17-cowboys-stadium-cover_N.htm | work=USA Today | title='This transcends football': 'Boys boast as new stadium shines | first=Jarrett | last=Bell | date=September 18, 2009 | access-date=April 30, 2010 | archive-date=September 22, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922232210/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/cowboys/2009-09-17-cowboys-stadium-cover_N.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> Texas Stadium was demolished by implosion on April 11, 2010.<ref name="b784">{{cite web | last=Brock | first=Todd | title=Blowing up God's Peephole: The 10-yr anniversary of Texas Stadium's demise | website=Cowboys Wire|publisher=USA Today | date=2020-04-11 | url=https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2020/04/11/texas-stadium-implosion-10th-anniversary/ | access-date=2024-08-24}}</ref>

===AT&T Stadium===
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[[File:Cowboys Stadium field.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[AT&T Stadium]] during a game]]
AT&T Stadium, previously named Cowboys Stadium, is a [[domed stadium]] with a retractable roof in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]]. After failed negotiations to build a new stadium on the site of the Cotton Bowl, Jerry Jones, along with the city of Arlington, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, funded the stadium at a cost of $1.3&nbsp;billion.<ref name="s595">{{cite web | last=Mosley | first=Matt | title=Mosley: Stadium will be Jones' legacy | website=ESPN.com | date=2008-09-15 | url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=mosley_matt&page=hotread1/mosley | access-date=2024-08-24}}</ref> The stadium is located in [[Tarrant County, Texas|Tarrant County]], the first time the Cowboys has called a stadium home outside of [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]]. It was completed on May 29, 2009, and seats 80,000, but is expandable to seat up to 100,000. AT&T Stadium is among the largest domed stadiums in the world.<ref>{{cite web |last=Popik |first=Barry |url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/jerrydome_or_jerry_dome_dallas_cowboys_stadium_in_arlington/ |title=Jerrydome or Jerry Dome (Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington) – The Big Apple |publisher=Barrypopik.com |date=August 22, 2009 |access-date=November 4, 2013 |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022175030/http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/jerrydome_or_jerry_dome_dallas_cowboys_stadium_in_arlington/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A highlight of AT&T Stadium is its gigantic, center-hung [[high-definition television]] screen, at one point the largest in the world.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=March 31, 2011 |title=Jerry Jones to no longer have largest HDTV |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4678953/jerry-jones-to-no-longer-have-largest-hdtv |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=[[ESPN.com]]}}</ref> The {{convert|160|by|72|ft}}, {{convert|11520|ft2|adj=on}} scoreboard surpassed the {{convert|8736|ft2|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} screen that opened in 2009 at the renovated [[Kauffman Stadium]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] as the world's largest.<ref>{{cite web |last=Murph |first=Darren |url=http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/03/kansas-city-royals-to-get-worlds-largest-hd-led-scoreboard/ |title=Kansas City Royals to get 'world's largest' HD LED scoreboard |publisher=Engadgethd.com |date=May 18, 2009 |access-date=May 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926051042/http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/03/kansas-city-royals-to-get-worlds-largest-hd-led-scoreboard |archive-date=September 26, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 12, 2008 |title=Jerry Jones aims to make all Cowboys' fans blind by 2010 |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Jerry-Jones-aims-to-make-all-Cowboys-fans-blind?urn=nfl,87574 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022120859/http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Jerry-Jones-aims-to-make-all-Cowboys-fans-blind?urn=nfl,87574 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |access-date=November 28, 2008 |work=Yahoo! Sports}}</ref><ref name="x819">{{cite web | title=Cowboys reveal world's largest HD LED screen to the public | website=LEDs Magazine | date=2009-06-15 | url=https://www.ledsmagazine.com/home/article/16698860/cowboys-reveal-worlds-largest-hd-led-screen-to-the-public | access-date=2024-08-24}}</ref> In 2011, [[Charlotte Motor Speedway]] unveiled its plans for a new HDTV screen larger than the one in AT&T Stadium;<ref name=":1" /> that larger screen has since been completed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speedway TV |url=https://sales.charlottemotorspeedway.com/brand-exposure/speedway-tv/ |website=[[Charlotte Motor Speedway]]}}</ref>

At the debut pre-season game of Cowboys Stadium, a punt by Tennessee Titans kicker, [[A. J. Trapasso]], hit the 2,100 in. screen above the field. The punt deflected and was ruled in-play until Titans coach [[Jeff Fisher]] informed the officials that the punt struck the [[scoreboard]]. (Many believe Trapasso was trying to hit the suspended scoreboard, based on replays and the angle of the kick.) The scoreboard is, however, within the regulation of the NFL guidelines – hanging approximately five feet above the minimum height. No punts hit the scoreboard during the entire 2009 regular season during an actual game. Also, on August 22, 2009, the day after AJ Trapasso hit the screen, many fans touring the facility noted that half of the field was removed with large cranes re-positioning the screen. According to some fans, a tour guide explained that Jerry Jones invited a few professional soccer players to drop kick soccer balls to try to hit the screen. Once he observed them hitting it consistently he had the screen moved up another 10 feet.

The first regular season home game of the 2009 season was against the New York Giants. A league record-setting 105,121 fans showed up to fill Cowboys Stadium for the game before which the traditional "blue star" at the 50-yard line was unveiled for the first time; however, the Cowboys lost in the final seconds, 33–31.<ref>{{cite news|last=Phillips|first=Rob|title=Open & Shut|url=http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/news.cfm?id=DBA2D9CD-CCD8-CBA6-3963CB2ABC03AEDF|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=DallasCowboys.com|date=September 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924233939/http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/news.cfm?id=DBA2D9CD-CCD8-CBA6-3963CB2ABC03AEDF|archive-date=September 24, 2009|access-date=August 29, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Cowboys got their first regular-season home win on September 28, 2009. They beat the Carolina Panthers 21–7 with 90,588 in attendance. The game was televised on ESPN's ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' and marked a record 42nd win for the Cowboys on ''Monday Night Football''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2009 |title=Cowboys shut down Panthers' offense for first win in new stadium |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=290928006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117070137/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=290928006 |archive-date=January 17, 2016 |access-date=January 15, 2017 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

On July 25, 2013, the Cowboys announced that [[AT&T]] would be taking over the rights to the name of the stadium.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hanzus|first=Dan|title=Cowboys Stadium now called AT&T Stadium after deal|url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000220798/article/cowboys-stadium-is-now-called-att-stadium?|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=NFL.com|date=July 25, 2013|access-date=July 26, 2013|archive-date=July 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725211801/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000220798/article/cowboys-stadium-is-now-called-att-stadium|url-status=dead}}</ref>