Friday, November 6, 2009

New Stadium Has Many Surprises

By Neven Middlesby

The sprawling new US$1.15-billion home of the Dallas Cowboys is nearly sold out for the 2009 season. Team spokesman Brett Daniels says Cowboys Stadium in Arlington is 95 per cent sold out. A few thousand season tickets remain. Daniels on Wednesday told The Associated Press that more than 22,000 "Party Pass" tickets, at US$29 apiece, have been sold.

The program launches with 14 commissioned artworks, which will be installed in prominent locations throughout the Stadium. Franz Ackermann, Annette Lawrence, and Olafur Eliasson are among those who have created new work for the program.

The commissions will be installed in locations with the highest pedestrian traffic, including four of the principal entries, the two monumental staircases and two pedestrian ramps that connect the seating decks (22-by-70 feet and 39-by-32 feet), and on huge walls above the main concourse concessions areas (15-by-114 feet).

The Dallas Cowboys offered a peek Monday at how the high-rollers will enjoy football at the team's new $1.1 billion stadium. Cowboys officials conducted tours of the stadium's first completed suite: a 700-square-foot, $175,000 room that seats 18. The design featured luxury of the kind usually seen in high-dollar steakhouses or mansions.

The suite was filled with Brazilian granite, Canadian marble, leather-clad walls and walnut trim. The front of the bar was wrapped in crocodile leather and stocked with Woodford Reserve bourbon, Patrn Silver tequila and other premium liquor.

Jerry World will soon welcome Sir Paul McCartney to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Aug. 19 when the music icon makes his only stop in Texas during his current tour.

The Cowboys kept the identity of the owner of this Silver level suite secret.

AEG Live and Live Nation, in cooperation with Marshall Arts, announced today that Paul McCartney is confirmed to play Cowboys Stadium on Wednesday, August 19, 2009. This monumental event will be the legendary performer's first Dallas concert since 2005, and the only Texas performance of his current series of 2009 North American dates

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