A NEW HOME FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS On a sunny fall day more than 80,000 football fans stream into AT T Stadium in Arlington Texas It is the home of the Dallas Cowboys Fans walk by colorful murals painted on the walls They see art pieces made of glass stainless steel and mirrors And they sit in seats specially designed to be comfortable Light shines on the field from the open retractable roof and end zone doors Dallas Cowboys fans fill the sunlit AT&T Stadium on game days throughout the season 5
Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliot catches a pass in a 2016 game The quarterback takes the snap and drops back He circles to his left as if he is going to run the ball down the field Defenders rush toward him The quarterback scans to the left and right looking for an open receiver Fans watch as he spots one down the field He throws the football The pass is in the air The receiver jumps catches the ball and races into the end zone for a touchdown 6
Cowboys fans cheer They watch a replay of the touchdown on the giant video screen high above the field No one in the stadium missed a second of the action Three thousand televisions are scattered throughout AT T Stadium Cowboys fans can even watch the game on huge screens outside the stadium IDEAS FOR THE STADIUM Jerry Jones is the Dallas Cowboys owner For nearly a decade before construction began in 2006 he and his family gathered ideas for AT T Stadium’s design They looked all over the world for inspiration They dreamed of building PERSPECTIVES SEARCHING FOR IDEAS The Jones family found inspiration for their new stadium in many places They visited stadiums arenas museums and airports around the world They examined both huge structures and tiny details Then they worked with architects and engineers to bring these features to the Cowboys new stadium 7
