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07/01/2008
Dallas Cowboys stadium bonds rise in cost for Arlington
The company insuring the city bonds has been downgraded by all three major rating agencies since the spring. MBIA Insurance Corp., like its competitors, was heavily involved in backing mortgaged-based bonds, in addition to insuring municipal debt. The move would cost about $2 million.
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06/28/2008
Some fans will have to park almost a mile from new Dallas Cowboys stadium
Cowboys officials said that shouldn't be an adjustment because the back-row parking at Texas Stadium in Irving is about the same distance. Overall, the team expects to have about 30,000 parking spaces within a mile of the new stadium, which is nearly double the number near the Irving stadium.
06/27/2008
Location for Cinco de Mayo festival is up in the air
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.
06/19/2008
Dallas Cowboys stadium up for Final Fours
The NCAA announced the Cowboys new stadium in Arlington is among 10 locations being considered for a Final Four from 2012 to 2016.
06/17/2008
Deadline nears on Dallas Cowboys' bid to host a Final Four
Wednesday is the deadline for all bid submissions from cities wanting to host a men's Final Four from 2012 to 2016. Stephen Jones is confident the Dallas Cowboys will have everything in order to make a good impression on NCAA officials.
06/14/2008
Worker dies at Dallas Cowboys stadium site
Timothy Mackinnon, 45, of Arlington was standing on a ladder when he touched a high-voltage line in the ceiling of the stadium's concourse level, said Neal Strasser, a battalion chief with the Arlington Fire Department.
Worker hurt at Cowboys stadium still in critical condition
One worker injured at the Dallas Cowboys stadium construction site remained in critical condition Friday at Baylor University Medical Center with what his sister said was a serious blow to the head.
06/13/2008
OSHA investigates crane accident at new Dallas Cowboys stadium
An investigation in to the accident continued Friday that injured three workers at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium construction site. The federal Occupational Health and Safety administration said the agency’s investigation would be complete and a report issued in about six months.
06/11/2008
New Dallas Cowboys stadium to have world's largest video displays
Rather than just reading over the massive numbers, try – for just a moment – to envision the product they describe. Imagine four city buses parked in a line. Now imagine another layer of buses stacked on top of them. Add five more layers and hang the 28-bus cluster over a mental football field.
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06/12/2008
3 injured in crane accident at new Dallas Cowboys stadium
RICKY MOON/Special Contributor
One worker injured at the Dallas Cowboys stadium construction site remained in critical condition Friday at Baylor University Medical Center with what his sister said was a serious blow to the head.
Video: Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck talks about the crane accident
OSHA investigating fatal Dallas crane accident
06/07/2008
Dallas Cowboys stadium's work toward diverse contracting goals impresses some critics
ARLINGTON – Dallas Cowboys stadium contracts worth nearly $121 million have gone to minority- or women-owned businesses under a "fair share" agreement.
Goals for 'fair share'
A breakdown of the 'fair share' contracts
Minority- and women-owned businesses have been awarded 28 percent of the contracts for the $1.1 billion Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington as part of a 'fair share' agreement. Here are some of the numbers from the most recent report.
06/06/2008
Dallas Cowboys stadium's work toward diverse contracting goals impresses some critics
Dallas Cowboys stadium contracts worth nearly $121 million have gone to minority- or women-owned businesses under a "fair share" agreement. "The numbers are there," said Greg Vaquera, president of the Hispanic chamber. "It speaks well for them."
06/05/2008
Michael Irvin hits the Web to pitch Dallas Cowboys season tickets
The Cowboys are using a new Web site, now available only to current season ticket holders, to sell reserved season tickets in the new $1.1 billion stadium in Arlington to fans who own season tickets in Texas Stadium.
Link: Get virtual seat views and ticket prices
Video: Tour the stadium
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06/06/2008
Michael Irvin lines up as pitchman for Cowboys' new site targeting season ticket holders
ARLINGTON – Hall of Famer Michael Irvin hasn't played for the Dallas Cowboys since 1999, but he's again helping them fill their stadium.
05/31/2008
12-month countdown starts on new Dallas Cowboys stadium construction
As the final year of construction begins, the stadium is on schedule for its projected June 2009 completion.
Video: Stadium tour
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05/27/2008
Sources: Dallas Mavericks, Cowboys team up to court 2010 NBA All-Star Game
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The Dallas Cowboys' new stadium in Arlington should be completed in 2009.
The Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys have joined forces in an effort to bring the NBA All-Star Game to the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington as early as 2010, multiple sources said Tuesday.
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05/30/2008
Dallas Cowboys stadium to be completed in 2009
TOM FOX / DMN
More than 1,300 workers are hammering, sawing and welding to complete the Cowboys' new stadium on time.
The new Dallas Cowboys stadium has no seats yet, but some suites already have sliding windows installed. Completion of the retractable roof is still months away, but as the final year of construction starts, the stadium is on schedule for its projected June 2009 completion.
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05/27/2008
Dallas Cowboys, Miller Brewing extend sponsorship deal
Under the 12-year agreement, Miller would be the exclusive beer sponsor of the Cowboys and gain sponsorship rights to stadium clubs, beer gardens and VIP areas.
05/26/2008
Cowboys stadium officials hope to recruit top talents for concert series next year
The first fans filling the new Dallas Cowboys stadium will be more likely to hear a pop dance beat, country twang or rock-guitar lick than cheers for the 'Boys.
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Guide: 2008 summer concerts
05/16/2008
Seating at the new stadium
Seating at the new stadium Reserved seats 50,000 Club seats 15,000 Suite capacity Nearly 10,000 Loge seats 1,200 End deck seats (pricing
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05/15/2008
Dallas Cowboys reveal pricing plan for reserved seats
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A colorful sunrise silhouettes the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium under construction in Arlington.
Fans will be able to buy tickets for the new $1.1 billion stadium for as little as $59, only $9 more than the cheapest seats at Texas Stadium.
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Stadium seating chart / ticket prices
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05/14/2008
Arlington will have to wait for Glorypark development near stadiums
Arlington’s half-billion dollar answer to Victory Park has been put on hold because of the troubled financial and retail markets, billionaire Tom Hicks said Wednesday. Mr. Hicks, owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, said Hicks Holdings has been unable to secure financing for the 1.2 million-square- foot Glorypark. The giant mixed-use development was scheduled to open in March 2010.
05/08/2008
Notre Dame, Arizona State set for 2013 game at Dallas Cowboys stadium
JIM MAHONEY / DMN
The new Dallas Cowboys stadium, currently under construction in Arlington, is scheduled to open in the summer of 2009.
Notre Dame and Arizona State have finalized a contract to play a nonconference game at the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington on Oct. 5, 2013.
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05/07/2008
Dallas Cowboys want new street names by stadium
The Dallas Cowboys have requested that Arlington change the names of two streets near the team’s $1.1 billion stadium to Cowboys Way and Legends Way.
05/06/2008
Cowboys to release prices for other seats soon
The Dallas Cowboys plan to announce how many of the 15,000 club seats have been sold at the new stadium and the pricing structure for the remaining seats within the next two weeks, team vice president Stephen Jones said Tuesday.
04/13/2008
Talk of pricey naming rights for Dallas Cowboys stadium intensifies
JIM MAHONEY / DMN
An aerial view of the new Cowboys stadium taken in March 2008.
Owner Jerry Jones has spoken to numerous Fortune 500 companies in the United States and overseas about putting their name on the estimated $1.1 billion Dallas Cowboys stadium, which is scheduled to open in 2009.
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04/07/2008
Outside of club, Dallas Cowboys fans wait to buy season tickets
VERNON BRYANT / DMN
Chad Estis (right), Vice President of Sales and Marketing of the Dallas Cowboys Football Club, looks at a model of the team's new stadium.
Dallas Cowboys fans who want to buy season tickets outside the pricey club section are still on hold. Team officials say its sales force is too busy to deal with them.
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03/29/2008
Dallas Cowboys stadium naming rights may top record deal
The Dallas Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones may have a title before they even kick off in their new stadium – the holder of the biggest naming rights deal in sports history.
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03/11/2008
Arlington's Glorypark project won't be finished for Dallas Cowboys stadium unveiling
Developer Yaromir Steiner told business leaders, college officials and students attending the University of Texas at Arlington Business Week luncheon Tuesday that the opening of the mixed-use project has been delayed from fall 2009 to March 2010.
03/10/2008
Texas A&M, Arkansas to renew football rivalry at new Cowboys stadium
The schools plan on settling in and building a tradition, similar perhaps to the annual Texas-Oklahoma game at the Cotton Bowl.
Video: Officials announce new series
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02/24/2008
Workers complete second arch at Dallas Cowboys' stadium in Arlington
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Derr Steel Erection supervisor David Nelson oversaw completion of the second monumental arch truss at the Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington on Sunday.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, along with other team and Arlington officials, watched completion of the first arch in October, with a delighted Mr. Jones hailing the mammoth structures as "the signature of the stadium." The second arch came together with far less fanfare Sunday.
Video: Workers complete the arch
02/23/2008
Suite deal for the Cowboys turning out even sweeter
ARLINGTON – The suites at the new $1.1 billion Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington have sold so quickly that the team is building more.
02/22/2008
Solid sales for new stadium's suites spur Dallas Cowboys to build more
The Cowboys plan to sell 300 suites instead of 200 as previously announced. The team has already sold about 200 suites, which range in price from $100,000 to $500,000 annually.
• Seat license holders hope for a big return
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02/14/2008
Dallas Cowboys seat license holders hope for a big return
The Dallas Cowboys can't sell the personal seat licenses for their new stadium as an investment, but the sales staff does like to mention to fans that some other teams' seat licenses have risen in value.
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For many, Cowboys' sales pitch helped seal deal on seat licenses
Kevin Jones already planned to buy seats in the new Cowboys stadium before he stepped into the team's sales center.
02/12/2008
Arlington increases settlement in eminent domain cases
The City Council agreed Tuesday to pay an additional $868,250 to settle more than two dozen pending eminent domain court cases related to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium.
02/11/2008
Arlington council set to settle property cases linked to new Cowboys stadium
The City Council is scheduled to settle 26 eminent-domain court cases connected to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium Tuesday. The city had already agreed to pay the landowners $1.8 million, but they were appealing the settlement in Tarrant County courts. The city has tentatively agreed to pay them an additional $868,250 to end the dispute.
Elite take their seats, but other Dallas Cowboys fans cry foul
The cost of individual seat options has angered some Dallas Cowboys season ticket holders, who said they are being priced out of the best seats.
Arlington council set to settle property cases linked to new Cowboys stadium
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02/03/2008
Super Bowl volunteers give their all to be part of the experience
Fortunes are made and spent on the Super Bowl. But it's the unpaid army of volunteers – enough to fill a small town – that makes much of the Super Bowl experience happen. More than 8,000 people have volunteered to ensure that Super Bowl XLII in Glendale and its dozens of associated events run smoothly – and a similar contingent will be needed in three years for Super Bowl XLV in Arlington.
Arizona Super Bowl tour dazzles Dallas-area officials
About two dozen North Texas officials surveyed the scene in Arizona as they plan for Super Bowl XLV in 2011.
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02/01/2008
Dallas Cowboys say they're pleased with seat sales in new stadium so far
The Dallas Cowboys have sold nearly half of the most expensive seats in their new stadium, the team said Friday, as its first sales phase winds down.
01/28/2008
Group hopes Cowboys' stadium will be a regular Super Bowl stop
As the host committee prepares for Super Bowl XLV in Arlington, planners are working toward the day when they join the ranks of classic go-to Super Bowl cities such as New Orleans, Miami and Pasadena, Calif.
01/25/2008
Leppert, Moncrief join 2011 Super Bowl panel
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert has been added to the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee, which is coordinating the region's preparations for the 2011 game at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington.
12/24/2007
Texas A&M, Arkansas get lucrative deal at new Cowboys stadium
Texas A&M University and the University of Arkansas will each be guaranteed $5 million annually when they begin a nonconference series at the Cowboys' new stadium in 2009, A&M athletic director Bill Byrne said.
12/19/2007
New Cowboys stadium's glass curtain walls installed
The first of 5,071 signature glass panels was installed this week at the site of the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, bringing the team's future home in Arlington one step closer to completion.
12/13/2007
Cowboys fans put $100 down for a chance at season tickets
A spot on Santa's list is free, but it'll cost Dallas Cowboys fans $100 to get on Jerry Jones' nice list. Fans can now pay a deposit – nonrefundable for most – to get on a waiting list to buy 2009 season tickets for the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington.
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11/29/2007
For some fans, new stadium's seat rights cost too much
ARLINGTON – Mark Zable expected to pay a pretty price to continue his lifelong devotion to the Dallas Cowboys.
11/28/2007
Dallas Cowboys fans wrestle with $100K price tag on seat rights
Mark Zable expected to pay a pretty price to continue his lifelong devotion to the Dallas Cowboys. But what he got when he visited the Cowboys this week to hear the team's sales pitch was severe sticker shock – $100,000 each for two personal seat licenses, a new feature that would allow him to buy tickets at the team's new $1 billion stadium in Arlington.
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11/27/2007
Texas A&M officials talk with Cowboys about stadium use
Texas A&M officials, including athletic director Bill Byrne, were in town Tuesday talk to the Cowboys about details of future A&M-Arkansas games expected to by played at the NFL team's new stadium in Arlington.
11/28/2007
Cowboys tell NCAA they want to host Final Four
The Dallas Cowboys have informed the NCAA that they intend to bid for the Final Four, a team spokesman said. The team submitted a bid "intention" last week to host the college basketball national championship at the new Arlington stadium, said Brett Daniels, Cowboys spokesman.
11/25/2007
New Cowboys stadium to host Texas A&M-Arkansas series
Texas A&M and Arkansas officials are close to finalizing a non-conference football series at the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington starting in 2009, a source close to the negotiations told The Dallas Morning News.
11/21/2007
Nearing 40, Texas Stadium a fading star
As this season's winning record grows and the number of home games dwindles, nostalgia for the hallowed hall is setting in for many fans. No matter how the place looks.
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11/22/2007
Dallas Cowboys tailgaters fear new ticket prices will lock them out
They were there on cue Thursday: the guys with the painted faces tossing footballs, the jersey-wearers, the turkey-fryers, the genius types who, somehow, rig up high-def television sets in the middle of the parking lot.
11/20/2007
Dallas Cowboys to begin season-ticket sales for new stadium
For the priciest club seats – and we're talking single seats here, not suites – a season ticket holder will pay $340 per seat per game, after forking over a one-time fee of up to $50,000 for the right to buy tickets for that seat for 30 years.
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11/18/2007
Dallas Cowboys' stadium may score Final Four
Team officials plan to let the NCAA know this week that they intend to bid for the college basketball national championship, said Brett Daniels, Cowboys spokesman.
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11/06/2007
Jerry Jones: Stadium will give Dallas Cowboys top revenue in NFL
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wouldn't give specifics on what he expects the Cowboys' revenue to be. Forbes magazine ranked the team third in the league for revenue in 2007, with $242 million.
10/17/2007
One of two signature arches completed at new Cowboys stadium
ARLINGTON – The Dallas Cowboys set a record Tuesday in a stadium that hasn't even opened.
10/16/2007
One of 2 signature arches in place at new Cowboys stadium
TOM FOX/DMN
Work started in early July on the arch, which saw its last piece lifted into place Tuesday.
The Dallas Cowboys set a record Tuesday in a stadium that hasn't even opened. Construction workers completed the first of two signature arches at the Cowboys' new home. At nearly a quarter of a mile, it is the longest single-span roof structure in the world, team officials said.
Video: First arch complete at new Cowboys stadium
10/06/2007
No longer just a field of dreams
ARLINGTON – The present and future of the Cotton Bowl blurred Friday on an 18-mile bus trip on Interstate 30.
09/21/2007
Jones aims to set attendance record at 2011 Super Bowl
The Texas fixation with size promises to extend to the 2011 Super Bowl in Arlington.
09/15/2007
Seat licenses in Jones' game plan
FORT WORTH – The hole in the roof at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington won't be the only holdover from Texas Stadium.
09/14/2007
Cowboys to use seat licenses to help finance stadium
The hole in the roof at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Arlington won’t be the only holdover from Texas Stadium. Owner Jerry Jones said Friday that the team would use personal seat licenses to help pay its portion of the new $1 billion stadium.
07/28/2007
For pair, Cowboys stadium job is old hat
TOM FOX / DMN
Richard Rucks (left) and Lawrence Mouton know all about building a stadium to the Cowboys' liking.
Crane operator Richard Rucks is one of at least two men working on the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington who also labored on construction of Texas Stadium nearly 40 years earlier. exas Stadium was the first construction job for both Mr. Rucks and truck driver Lawrence Mouton, 54.
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07/17/2007
Cowboys were never Dallas' to lose, so give Miller a break
ARLINGTON – It's not just that the big business of major-league sports has reconfigured the landscape here – it's that it's all happening so fast .
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