Wanna see where Tony Romo is gonna shower after the game? Check out the shower, locker room and big screen photos from my recent tour of the new home of the Cowboys.
Let me preface this report with the fact that I am an ardent Cowboy hater and Steelers fan. So when my boyfriend suggested that we tour the new Cowboys stadium I jumped at the chance to make fun of it. But before I get to the stadium let me take a jab at Jerry. In his press conference to open pre-season training camp in San Antonio, Cowboys Owner/GM/Stadium Architect/Director of Marketing/etc. said,
“This year, uniquely, we have an energy that will help us, in my mind, look to what we expect,” Jones said.”And that energy is the new stadium.”
OK, first how many owners make hold pre-season press conferences? Oh wait, I forgot he’s the GM too. Secondly, what the hell did he say? We can only assume that ‘what we expect’ is to finally win a playoff game. Does he really believe a brand-new stadium with no tradition or history is gonna get this version of the Cowboys to the playoffs? Last time I checked they don’t give out playoff berths based on the grandest stadium. So if that’s his measure of return he’s about to realize how little he’s going to make with a $1.2B investment. Steel, glass and concrete don’t win games Jerry no matter where you imported them from.
So before we drove out to see God’s new toilet I grabbed my camera so I could document every aspect of the stadium we were allowed to see.
When you first see the new stadium the first thing everyone says is something similar to ‘OMG, that’s huge’. And it is. It towers over the Rangers ballpark which is just a couple of hundred yards east. Here’s the view from inside looking east. Look past the Texas Titan roller coaster at Six Flags and you can see the roof of the old stadium just below the arrow.
Next we got the same view eastward but looking towards downtown Dallas.
Great views and I hate it that former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller screwed up and let Arlington steal this stadium away, but that’s another story.
As I approached the North entrance I was struck by it’s smooth, modern lines and feel.
Looking west from the north entrance
Looking east from the north entrance
After purchasing our tickets for $16.50 each we got in line in the gift shop where we waited for the tour to start.
You know how you never hear someone with a big one talking about the size of their penis. Well I guess this t-shirt tells me all I need to know about Jerry’s size down there.
I didn’t see many Roy Williams jerseys, hummm?
Before the official tour started we were ushered into some side end zone seats. Here are some pics from that section. Notice there was a luncheon going on on our side of the 50 yard line so the field was taken up. In the first picture you see people standing in the field level boxes. These boxes go for millions and since you can’t see a damn thing except Wade Phillips ass during the game you also get the first two rows of seats in the stands above them.
Cowboys stadium will be the only stadium in the NFL where the teams will enter at midfield. And in the picture above you can see where the Cowboys will enter the field between the two field level boxes at the 50-yard line. A little further down in the post you will see a photo of the Cowboys entrance as they exit the locker room.
The high def video screen which runs from 20 yard line to 20 yard line is 7 stories high and cost $40M which is roughly $5M more than the original Cowboy stadium. This feature alone easily makes the new Cowboys stadium the most fan friendly in the NFL.
As our tour got started we were introduced to Larry the tour guide. Bless his heart I’m sure he has no idea his photo is on a gay sports site. We kind of got the feeling he was making up some of the numbers as he went along.
First we stopped down to see the generic luxury suite. Seriously, it’s hard to distinguish these from one stadium to the next nowadays. This first photo is looking into the neighboring box suite.
From behind the seats in a box suite with the flat screen high def TV on the wall.
The bar/food area
The next four photos are views from the east end zone concourse area where the huge glass doors are located. The first photo is looking out of the east doors. Our tour guide said that these are the largest doors in the world and if they only opened one end zone it would blow the windows out on the other side. The opening of these doors must occur simultaneously.
The roof
Side view of the video screen and the smaller video screens for the end zone seats. If you look close to the field you see the basket raising video technicians into the video screen. You can also see the different levels (floors) inside the video screen.
Concessions notes: $8 for a beer, Pepsi products only and you will not miss one second of the game with all of the flat screens above the concessions stands
Locker room notes: Surprisingly underwhelming and small. Compared to the Mavs lockers at the AAC these suck.
Finally, the showers! Can you picture Romo and Witten soaping up? Webcam anyone?
I’m thinking this would have been TO’s private shower cause there’s no way Wade’s gonna fit in there.
Video monitors so the team can review plays during halftime
The tunnel from the Boy’s locker room leading to the field
Looking up at the screen. You can ditch the pink lights, Romo and Jess broke up!
View from the field
So that’s it. Overall it’s bad ass, but I don’t think it’s gonna do a damn thing to help the Boys finally win a playoff game.
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Oh and to add on.
The game is cool. Yes, cool. That’s how I want to put it.
turns out you were wrong about the playoffs