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Most Popular on DallasNews. Are you ready for another big freeze? This guide can help you pick a portable power station. Jones said the new fixed interest rate is below 5 percent. Bond issuances of that size have been uncommon recently as corporations and state and local governments have found it harder to sell bonds.
Additional details about the transaction were not immediately available. The rates for those newly refinanced bonds ranged from 4. The total interest rate for all the bonds was now calculated at 5.
Arlington officials had been trying to refinance that debt since July. The rest of the city's stadium bonds were already set at a fixed rate. The new stadium in Arlington will be the only one in the NFL with three separate fields for different sporting events, the turf manufacturer announced. The Cowboys have purchased two separate football fields and notified Hellas, installer and manufacturer, that they intend to buy a soccer field too.
The football fields will roll up into 41 separate 6,pound wheels for storage. Each strip of synthetic turf is 15 feet by feet. This is similar to systems in place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, although that stadium has just one field. Seaton said that swapping out the fields - which takes a little more than 24 hours - allows the Cowboys to customize the surfaces for different sports. The soccer field would probably have less cushioning and shorter synthetic grass blades.
On the football fields, the standard markings, such as the Cotton Bowl logo, Cowboys star and boundary lines, won't be painted after the turf is manufactured. The logos and markings will be created by coloring the individual strands of polyethylene yarn that make up the fields. Seaton said he also believes that removing the field when it's not needed could extend its life. Stadiums that host concerts, tractor pulls and other events usually place plywood or other materials on top of the field to protect the turf.
Bruce Hardy, Texas Stadium's manager, said the turf at his venue has been resilient, even when thousands of music fans or tons of trucks weigh down the plywood covering the field. In that case, we put a fireproof tarp over it. Both stadiums use Sportfield's RealGrass turf, but the turf in Arlington will be a newer version with 50 percent more fiber ends that mimic grass blades and longer fibers. It will also have more give, like real grass and earth, and also be more uniform throughout the field, Seaton said.
The construction manager took on the title of stadium manager in the fall. The Star-Telegram talked recently with Hill, who also worked on Rangers Ballpark in Arlington and the American Airlines Center, about the challenges he will face in his new job.
Describe your new position. I have been named the stadium general manager, which is great because I'm very familiar with the building and have been for the last four years. I know all the nooks and crannies of the building. I'll be working very closely with Bruce Hardy, who is the stadium manager currently at Texas Stadium, and he and I have a great relationship and we value all the experience that he's had running a stadium.
It will be a collaborative effort. We will be responsible for the fan experience that's out here. The way the fans are treated. Everything from parking to security to how the suites and the place are cleaned up, the different types of acts that come out here, how they set up and take down, and close coordination of the different events that we're going to have here at the stadium.
What will be some of the challenges you face in maintaining a 2. We have visited a lot of other stadiums about this, and one thing that they always tell you is, you can't have a large enough cleaning budget.
So just keeping the place clean is going to be a challenge in and of itself. Of course, we have an ongoing maintenance program. We want to make sure that we have capital expenditures put back so that as items routinely wear out or need to be replaced, we've got the budget there to keep the stadium upgraded in tiptop shape. What types of events will you have at the stadium? We're looking at a lot of different types of events. One thing that's nice about the stadium is, you can open it up and have an open-air experience or you can close it and condition the space.
So that allows us a wide variety of events, such as basketball, and we're looking at soccer. We have a series of concerts that we're looking at coming in this summer and obviously football. Right now our plan is to continue with the high school football. We've looked at lacrosse and. We think there will be a wide variety of types of events that are here at the stadium.
With six months until the opening of the facility, what will be going on to prepare the stadium? Between now and June, when the first event is planned, you have that transition. There are actually a couple of things. The contractor is in the middle of finishing the building and so he is finishing certain portions. We'll start to occupy spaces in the building after the first of the year. But the transition from Texas Stadium to here will be a challenge in and of itself.
You've got the equipment that is coming out of Texas Stadium. You've got all the staff that is coming from Texas Stadium and they need to become familiar with a new building. You have all of the food service, the concierge, the ushers, all the people that you would typically see at Texas Stadium, only bigger now, more of those folks.
And so we need to go through our job fairs. We need to go through our orientations and we need to get people trained on getting around the new building so the fan experience is a good experience.
What did it mean to you, as someone who grew up in Fort Worth and lives in Grand Prairie, to be managing the new stadium? I have been fortunate enough to be involved with some great facilities in the Metroplex, so when they asked me to take on this challenge, I was flattered.
I was excited about it. Personally, it's a great building. It's a great staff of folks. I look forward to working with each and every one of them. It's a great opportunity to be involved with a great organization and run a great building.
It featured lots of shopping, restaurants, and bars. But this past spring, it was put on hold - indefinitely. Now, Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck says the project is being revived with a new focus, and quite possibly a new name. When first proposed the development was to include one million square feet of retail, but not now. Cluck says Hicks is talking with a new developer about the project. The development is slated to be built between the Ballpark in Arlington and the Cowboys Stadium.
Cluck says the area will now feature entertainment, movies, bowling, bars and restaurants. KTVT February 19, Copyright MediaVentures After about a year of negotiations, the Dallas Cowboys have agreed to pay for the level of public safety staffing that Arlington believes is necessary at games and other events at the new football stadium, city officials said.
Under the agreement, the Cowboys will pay for at least 34 fire and rescue personnel, police personnel and a number of city-employed traffic management personnel to help with security and traffic during events at the 80,seat stadium. On hearing about the newspaper's analysis, owner Jerry Jones said, "You're conservative, if anything. But that's what you should be. In general, professional sports are feeling the economic downturn, but the NFL is the premier league in the nation, and experts expect it to fare better than others.
The newspaper credits the 15, club seats that didn't exist at Texas Stadium and the suites, which can hold an additional 12, or so fans as the primary revenue generator in the new stadium. Together, these premium areas make up more than a third of the base capacity at the new stadium and account for more than two-thirds of the team's estimated revenue gains. Suite capacity at Texas Stadium was about 7, Players also benefit from the new revenue because of the league's labor agreement that gives them a large share.
On average, these prices increased less than 7 percent from last season at Texas Stadium. In addition to tickets, gains in food, beverage and merchandise areas could be especially steep if the team averages 80, fans, which would be about 25 percent above last year. August 13, Copyright MediaVentures The Dallas Cowboys say they are 95 percent sold out for the team's first season in its new ,seat stadium. The do-over rule will be in place for the rest of this season and through the playoffs.
The issue could be re-visited in the future. The one concession the league made was to allow the replay assistant to call for a review if the on-field officials did not see the ball hit the board. Normally the replay assistant can only stop play in the final two minutes of each half for a review. If a coach believes the ball hit the board, then he would be able to use a replay challenge even if the replay assistant does not stop play. If the down is replayed, the game clock will be reset to the time remaining when the snap occurred and all penalties will be disregarded, except personal fouls, which will be administered prior to the snap.
A new city report on the project recounts a dispute over the height of the video board after a punter hit it during the first pre-season home game in August, but the NFL determined that it is in compliance with league rules. That does not include repayments on the bonds the city issued for the project. This choice is a little different. Our "Sports Personality of the Year" isn't an athlete, owner, fervent fan or watchdog as has been the case in years past.
It's not a he or a she. It doesn't inhale or exhale. And it's still a baby. But man-o-man has this baby changed the sports landscape of North Texas and the country. Someday it may have a similar impact on the entire wide world of sports. So without further ado and with no apologies, let us proclaim Cowboys Stadium our Texas Sports Personality of the Year.
Our area never had never before sniffed hosting a Super Bowl. You can be sure that all three events will be back. Sooner rather than later. Soccer's World Cup? The stadium is part of the discussion. Would you really bet against the stadium catapulting the Cotton Bowl game into the Bowl Championship Series? Big-time boxing?
If you accept that phrase is not an oxymoron, it is on the way. And in the six-plus months its massive doors have been open for business, Cowboys Stadium has done nothing to detract from its 3-million square foot majesty. Ordinarily, this would be as good a place as any to introduce a quote from the honoree. So we'll do the next best thing. We'll throw in some words from Jerry Jones, the Cowboys owner, president and general manager, and father of the stadium he built in Arlington.
To say that Jones was giddy when informed of the stadium's selection would be an understatement. He was effusive, which is like giddy on steroids. Which is a nice coincidence considering his is a stadium on steroids. Sitting in his Valley Ranch office last month, Jones sipped iced tea and pondered an obvious question. Isn't the stadium sometimes referred to as "JerryWorld" or the "JonesMahal" simply a reflection of his personality?
He maintained he felt "awkward" talking about the similarities between himself and his building. But the notion kept popping up. Am I complicated? Is it visible? Am I visible? I always believe that visibility is a plus, even negative visibility is a plus. It's ballsy. A preseason punted football hit the giant overhead video board, and Jones blew it when he pooh-poohed the significance of having a permanent American flag flying over the giant symbol of American corporate ingenuity, vision and budget-breaking opulence.
That's about it on the negative side of the ledger. And maybe Al Michaels offered a touch of textbook hyperbole when he declared, "What the Roman Colosseum was to the first century is what Cowboys Stadium is to the 21st century. And here's something to keep in mind. It should remain unique for years.
No person, place or conglomerate is planning to build anything like it. Nothing like it is on the horizon. New York? It has three brand-new stadiums, including Meadowlands Stadium opening in April, and not one has a dome that makes weather a nonfactor. A Final Four at Yankee Stadium? That was the year the Cowboys' new stadium opened showing that a new stadium can be a big boom to an NFL team's bottom line.
One benefit to a new stadium is the ability to sell "personal seat licenses. While that is a one-time a boost to revenue, the biggest benefit of a new stadium is the ability to sell more luxury suites. While most revenue in the NFL is evenly distributed among teams — this is why a team in tiny Green Bay can be competitive in the NFL but would never work in another sport — revenue from luxury suites and club seating is not shared.
So it is beneficial to teams to have stadiums with as many suites as possible. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.
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