Texas Stadium

[sigma716]

37 years. big frigging deal. its not like the place was a landmark, just another stadium with the same crappy early 70's design as almost anything else built then.

leave it to jerry jones to make a scene out of that hell hole.

didnt see the colts have a farewell rca dome logo last year did we?

Colts haven't been there as long as the Cowboys have been in Texas Stadium. Colts don't have as many Conference Championship appearances as the Cowboys, either. Quit being so typical.

how am i being typical? that response made absolutely NO sense.

my point is, alot of teams get new stadiums and dont wear patches or what have you. there really are/were only a few iconic pro stadiums worthy of something along these lines

yankee stadium

fenway

wrigley

soldier field

lambeau

msg

joe louis

boston garden

maple leaf gardens

there's a few more i am sure im missing, but you get the point. i just cant see how something that isnt even 40 years old needs to be "remembered". except for marketing purposes which makes loads of sense considering daddy warbucks jones is behind it all.

[rcb05]

You could argue that Texas Stadium is one of the most visibly recognizeable football stadiums of our era, if not the most recognizeable. Why does it matter how old it is.

[musicandball]

To Cowboy fans, like myself, this stadium is something special. I almost went to a game two years ago (I'm from the west coast, so going to a game in Texas Stadium is tough). Now.. I wished I would of...

Don't be so quick to say this stadium is a :censored:hole. This is where Roger and Tony Dorsett played. Troy, Emmitt, and Michael played. These are Cowboy greats. When Veteren Stadium was torn down, I'm sure Eagle fans were upset that their long-time stadium is gone, but probably happy to get a great stadium just like we are.

The RCA Dome is not that special, the colts barely had it and the colts have basically never been good before Peyton so its not surprising they didn't.

But this stadium is still special to Cowboy fans. Just think about that before you guys lash out

1-Welcome to sportslogos.net.

2-From someone who owned season tickets from 2001-06, it IS/WAS a s#%thole, memorable, but past its usefulness. Neither Jerry Jones nor the City of Irving cared about keeping up with it after about 1996 when the team started to decline and the Crown Suites were already paid for, but those cut of the circulation of air as they were added on. If you did not have Blue (or Silver) parking it was pain to get in and out of unless you drive on from the SW on 114.

I've mentioned this countless times here (!), but I was in the Cowboys Band back in '88. We played over the PA system and sat in the stands. Played lots of gigs in the Corral outside the stadium (the tent). Even played a gig once in the owners' luxury suite (Cowboys' players, cheerleaders and staff Christmas Party). And, went to dozens of games in the '80s and early '90s. That place was horrible even THEN. Just a hot, stuffy, mildewy, concrete bowl. I'll never forget the mushrooms and other unidentified fungus that grew all over the turf on the field...the pigeons that used to roost in the roof and poop on the seats below...the lack of circulated air (as dfwabel mentioned - it got worse after they closed off the edge of the roof)...how everyone hated when the sun would shine through the roof onto their seats...how Crazy Ray would always insist on conducting the band at least once during a game ("whatever you do, don't watch his arms")!...

Even after all of that - and I'm a life-long Cowboy hater anyway - I can still see why one would be sentimental about that place. It IS iconic, and what makes a place are the memories, right?

exactly right. That is why its special to me personally. All of the memories. I always saw on tv when some of the fans were stuck in the sunlight. I remember think to myself, "sucks to be them!" The stadium has more sentimental value. But I am looking forward to that awesome new stadium. My friend and I have already planned to go to the Super Bowl game there.

[CubsFanBudMan]

So despite what the stadium is physically (and may, in fact, literally be a shhh-hole), I agree that the nostalgia outweighs it. (And ColorWerx, somehow missed that part of your musical history before, but that is very cool, but I can't decide if it surpasses the Sharon Stone item mentioned elsewhere.)

What the heck...I'll post this again as well...you can all laugh at the mullet and the pornstar mustache I had back in '88:

(I'm in the top row, second from the left.)

Nice! (And hey... it's '88.)

As far as the "not even 40 years old" comment... well, the Cowboys themselves aren't that much older, but it would be hard to say they aren't considered a premier team in the NFL. In fact, the NFL's history is often only referred to in the context of the Super Bowl era, so in that sense Texas Stadium fits right in. (And I'll mention that living in Chicago I'm often reminded of that previous era.)

[McNabb_5]

When Veteren Stadium was torn down, I'm sure Eagle fans were upset that their long-time stadium is gone, but probably happy to get a great stadium just like we are.

The Vet wasn't the prettiest but I'll take it over the Linc anyday!!!!! The Linc looks like an unfinished stadium.

The new Dallas stadium is going to be a state of the art BEAUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!