ARLINGTON – Cowboys owner Jerry Jones gave two local leaders from Washington a tour of his nearly finished stadium Saturday to assure them that, thanks in part to Department of Homeland Security dollars, it will be safe from terrorism when it opens this summer.

Republican Sen. John Cornyn and U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Arlington, followed by city, police and fire officials, walked throughout the $1.1 billion concrete, glass and steel behemoth as workers hammered and drilled around them.

They began the tour by stepping into the Arlington Fire Department's mobile bomb unit, parked outside the stadium, as well as the Police Department's armored vehicle, known as the BEAR. The vehicles were purchased with Homeland Security money.

Also on hand were a bomb-disabling robot and a bomb-sniffing dog.

Jones took the lawmakers to the stadium's unfinished command center, overlooking the field from high above, which will be linked to the venue's control room.

"This will be the brain of the entire operation," Assistant Police Chief Will Johnson told Cornyn and Barton.

On game day, up to 20 people will be in the command center, including federal, state and local authorities, he said.

During a news conference after the tour, Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck said his city – the seventh-largest in Texas – will be the most heavily visited in the state when the new Cowboys stadium opens this summer in the entertainment district.

"When this stadium opens, it will be the safest public structure anywhere," Cluck said.

Jones said there will be 17 ways to get in and out of the stadium – considerably more than there were at Texas Stadium in Irving.

Local public safety officials declined to cite specific security measures but said coordination among agencies, numerous video surveillance cameras and bomb response vehicles will contribute to the safety of fans.

Johnson said police have already begun conducting drills at the stadium to prepare for the opening.

Jones said he'd been getting a lot of questions during the tour about whether the stadium will be ready to open by June 6. While the stadium's exterior is largely complete, crews are still working on a lot of finishing touches, including to the field, the seating, the luxury box interiors and other lavish accoutrements.

Jones' response: It shall be ready.