Go to this url: http://cbs11tv.com/sports then click the video on the upper right hand corner to hear about the unveiling. (Sorry, you've got to hear about Bishop Feelgood (Hornbuckle) first, then the stadium)

In an interview with Jerry Jones, details of the new Cowboys stadium were discussed. The new stadium will be twice the size of Texas Stadium, but will still only seat 80,000 - 100,000 people. (TX Stadium holds 80,000). The arches that support the roof on the new stadium will be 300 feet tall, and 1/4 mile (1,320 feet) from end to end. From the arches, there will hang a 6-ton digital screen 60 yards x 50 yards which will allow viewers to get an up close and personal view of the game, from whereever they're sitting.

There will also be jumbo screen above the entry ways so fans outside the stadium can see what's going on inside.

The stadium will still have the big hole in the roof like Texas stadium, but it can be closed and air-conditioned.

So, it may take a while, but sooner or later, Dallas will get a superbowl.

Stadium cost: $1,000,000,00.00

 

?????

 

How's Jerry gonna come up with the other 650 million? Ticket sales? Plus can they fill the seats when the team has lousy years?

The Philadelphia Eagles have seating for 68,000. One of the ways they covered construction costs was to raise the tckets prices by a hefty amount and make you buy the seat. It's some sort of a seat license. But you are buying the rights to the seat which was a one time deal and you MUST buy season tickets. I believe the seat license was around $1200 which would be an added $81 million in revenue towards the construction. You can then sell your license for whatever price you would like. Of course the seat value will be based on how good the team is doing. People have already put the seat licenses on the market and Ebay for over $10,000.

Jerry will probably up the ticket prices, raise parking prices, raise concession prices and he'll probably work something out with sponsors and TV rights.

Going to a concert or sporting event really sucks anymore.

 

Isn't it a helluva lot cheaper to watch the game on TV at home instead of at the stadium?

 

Yeah, but at home, the ad's on TV always block the chearleaders...

 

I'd be curious to see if an NFL team could consistently sell 100,000 tickets for every game. There are obviously a few college teams that can do it, so I suppose a few NFL teams could do it as well. I'm just not sure if the Cowboys are one of those franchises that could.....

The problem with going too big in the NFL is that if you can't sell it out every Sunday, the game doesn't get on local TV, which over time can alienate and/or deteriorate the fan base. It seems to me that a 70,000 - 80,000 seat capacity is probably about "right" for most markets.

 

The city of Arlington is putting up part of the funds.

 

Something has happened where blackouts are no longer supposed to take place- but, we'll see. Back in 1997/1998 there was always constant threats of blackouts, but haven't heard much since then. (PS, I don't recall any of those threats bearing fruit.) Tickets went on sale for $20.00- there was a deal I can remember where you buy 5 tickets, and you got 5 drinks and 5 hot dogs for $100.00.

The stadium will normally seat 80,000, but when needed, can expand capacity to 100,000. I'm just amazed that at twice the size of texas stadium, it can't potentially hold nearly twice the number of people (160,000). Heck, the Superdome can hold somewhere between 88,000 - 100,000, so can the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.

 

Wasn't it just a few years ago that Miami had their playoff games blacked out because they failed to sell out?

Doesn't seem that long ago but it could have been.

 

Damn, they couldn't sell-out the playoff games?

 

The only reference I can find looks like I was basically wrong.

It appears they "barely avoided a local blackout". Looks like the team or businesses bought the tickets and game them away cheap or something to make sure it wasnt blacked out.

But it was about 7 years ago so you are still probably correct about the time frame.

 

Uh, numbers off a bit.

 

Last 2 Buffalo Bills home games were blacked out and this one sunday against the fins may be also 6,000 tickets left as of this am. I guess 70,000 is not enough people,... greed...


Go BILLS

 

I think Texas Stadium currently holds 66,000 people. I believe they will have the abilty to basically offer however many seats they expect to sell so that it will always be a sellout officially anyways. I believe I read that Washington's stadium currently holds the most people in the NFL at somewhere around 80,000 seats. I was pretty impressed with the drawings/sketches posted of what the new stadium will look like yesterday. It appears it will be one of the top stadiums in the world once complete.

 

A little trivial information-

Super Dome:

The Superdome has a listed maximum football seating capacity of 72,003 (expanded) or 69,703 (not expanded), a maximum basketball seating capacity of 55,675, and a maximum baseball capacity of 63,525; however, published attendance figures from events such as the Sugar Bowl football game have exceeded 79,000. A 1980s Rolling Stones concert attracted over 81,500 spectators.
The Superdome is the largest fixed domed structure in the world, but it lost its title as the largest domed structure when the Georgia Dome in Atlanta was completed in 1992. (Both the Superdome and Georgia Dome were surpassed in size by the London's Millennium Dome in 1999.)

Georgia Dome:

Completed in 1992 at a cost of $214 million (US), it seats 71,228 for football, up to 75,000 for concerts, and up to 40,000 for basketball and gymnastics

Fed-Ex Field:

Doesn't count- not a dome. But it has held nearly 92,000 fans at one time.

In 2005, the team drew a record 716,999 fans overall. The December 18, 2005, 35-7 win against the Dallas Cowboys was the most watched game in Redskins history, with 90,588 fans in the stands [1].
The August 28, 2004, BCA Classic between the Virginia Tech Hokies and USC Trojans attracted a record 91,665 in attendance.

Rose Bowl:
The Rose Bowl is a stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, California. Its current official capacity is 92,542. The stadium is a National Historic Landmark.

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I guess the times I've heard about "100,000" in attendance at the Super Dome, and "88,000 in attendance" at Texas Stadium, is apparently standing room only- or they're in the luxury suites.

What I thought interesting about the yet unnamed Texas Stadium replacement, is that there will be a ton of luxury suites, and "Field Level boxes". If by that they mean, luxury suites that are much closer to the field than the traditional luxury suites, that will be cool.

I've been in the luxury suites at two events. An IRL race at Texas Motor Speedway (2000) and when the Mavericks beat the Sacramento Kings Friday before last (Dec. 1, 2006), at the American Airlines Center.