ARLINGTON – If you've read about the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in these pages, you've probably stumbled across my name a few times – or maybe closer to 100 times.

After writing about the stadium for the last four years, I'm adding a column to my duties. I'll update you twice a month on Fridays about the stadium construction and plans for the 2011 Super Bowl, as well as pass along interesting tidbits.

If you have questions about "JerryWorld" – as it's affectionately and not so affectionately been called – e-mail me.

Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones already mentioned that he wants a series of big concerts to inaugurate the $1.1 billion stadium when it opens in 2009. But one potential kickoff event is up in the air, and another has decided to pass.

Team officials said they're not sure about the fate of their annual outdoor Cinco de Mayo celebration, which typically draws a crowd of 150,000, but they want to find a way to continue to host it.

"There is not a deal in place," said Cowboys spokesman Brett Daniels. "We're still working through the logistics."

The stadium will still be under construction in early May, but the Cowboys have to vacate Texas Stadium no later than March 31.

Mr. Daniels said he's not sure what would happen to the event if the stadium isn't ready. The Cowboys have hosted the food, music and cultural festival for 15 years.

Organizers of Tarrant County's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure considered the stadium as a venue but decided instead to stay in Fort Worth's Sundance Square next year. Ann Greenhill, director of the Tarrant County affiliate, said she was concerned that the stadium would still be a busy construction site and not suitable for the 20,000 runners and spectators.

"I'm 99.9 percent sure we're looking at having the race in Sundance Square," Ms. Greenhill said.

The race has been in Sundance Square 15 of the last 16 years. In March 2000, it was moved to the Texas Christian University campus after a tornado tore through downtown.

Ms. Greenhill said race organizers haven't completely ruled out the stadium as a future venue. She said her event needs more space than Sundance Square can provide and will look again at the completed stadium as a possible site for the 2010 race.

Last week, the Cowboys hit another significant milestone on the team's construction schedule. Workers poured the last of the structural concrete, for one of the end-zone decks.

Team construction manager Jack Hill said 200,000 cubic yards of concrete was poured for the stadium. That's enough for 5,500 house slabs.