quick poll: do the dallas cowboys deserve a one billion dollar stadium?

Answer 1

If Jerry Jones and the Cowboys want a new stadium then they should be welcome to get a new one. That is beside the fact that 62,000 Arlington residents all voted for it back in 2004.

Now about the arguement about AIDS, starvation, and so forth, it's all not valid. Do you really think that the money being spent by Arlington and the Cowboys organization was going to go toward those causes if they were not going toward the stadium? The answer is no. So to make such that arguement is trivial and a waste of breath.

The age of the current stadium was mentioned as well. The stadium has stood since 1971. Since then they have rebuilt Three River Stadium, Mile High Stadium, and other stadiums that have been around for about the same time period as the Cowboy stadium. So why should these other cities get new stadiums, and not Dallas?

It also appears that the location of the soon-to-be former Dallas stadium will soon be the home of a new Urban District. The officials from Irving have announced that they plan to build "an expansive urban district, complete with a DART rail station, hotels, civic buildings, residences and a park above State Highway 114 on the current stadium site." So it's not like the land from the old and new stadiums will be tied down by the Cowboys.

Finally let me dispute something that neepo13 stated:

"The NFL is supposed to be a tuff league and its amazing to me that they want to have pampered stadiums."

Apparently she has not been watching football recently, if ever. If she had been watching recently she'd see that the more "tuff" days are well behind the NFL. With the new rules that all but make two hand touching the quaterbacks illegal, you cannot hardly make any contact with wide receivers anymore off the line, and get flagged for horse collar takling people, the NFL is becoming as tame as a baby kitten. It's still a tough league, but nowhere near what it used to be in years passed. Also with new technology of course stadiums will improve just as everything from the uniforms, the field, and communication equipment will.

Answer 2

Yes they do. And to all those that said Texas Stadium is fine have no idea what they're talking about.

Tyler, the Cowboys have been playing in Texas Stadium for over 30 years! not 9.

Answer 3

I don't think there's anything wrong with there current one. If anything, their current one is one of the nicer ones in the league.

I agree w/db that stadiums that are used for just the football team (ie: not one shared by a baseball team) should be payed for by the team owner ---or even if it's shared w/baseball, if it's not totally decrepid, then they should pay for their own if they want an upgrade.
(I also agree with emminent domain crap ---- communism anyone? It's very bad out here in south Cali where people get the original value of their houses and then are expected to use it to get another house here (getting around 100-200K to buy a house at 500k+, and that would only be tiny, cracker-box track home.)

Answer 4

it truly is extremely cool! yet because the stadium is so massive, how faraway from the sphere are the better element seats?? it appears that evidently on the overhead view, that the stadium is football formed, and the only end plaza has a trapezoidial structure, forming what looks the lombardi trophy. not particular no matter if that is coincidental, yet an extremely wonderful contact besides!

Answer 5

The Arlington tax payers have a capped 'obligation' of $325 million. The remainder of the cost comes out of the Cowboys/Jerry Jones pockets. One can argue if they deserve $325 million from Arlington or not, but if they want to spend another $600-$700 million of their own money , more power to them.

Answer 6

One billion dollars can be better spent than on a football stadium. The NFL is supposed to be a tuff league and its amazing to me that they want to have pampered stadiums. To answer the question, no, they dont deserve it.

Answer 7

Jerry Jones is spending more money out of his own pocket than any owner in NFL history, if he wants to spend his money to create the most state of the art stadium in America with the ability to hold super bowls, final fours, huge concerts, democratic or republican national conventions, and have a cash cow for himself and the city of Arlington...... more power to him

Answer 8

the new ny york stadium is one bill too. and the stadium isn't just going to be used by the cowboys. do you really think it's going to be in non-use in the summer? with that humongous screen and malls and junk, it will be used for concerts and stuff.

Answer 9

What for? Out of taxpayers money, do they really need a new stadium? What the hell is wrong with Texas stadium where they play? Not good enough for them? Tell Jerry Jones to build a new stadium out of his own pocket for once!

Answer 10

Not on my (the taxpayers) dime. Jerry should have paid for the new stadium out of his own pocket. Joe Robbie (the late owner of the Miami Dolphins) paid for Dolphin Stadium on his own.

What is even worse, is that they claimed "emminent domain" and forced some people out of their homes, as they were living in the area that Jerry Jones wanted to build the new Cowboys Stadium.

Of course they claimed they were paying the people more than fair market value for their homes, but if you have lived there for 30+ years, do you really think these people care about getting $50k for a home that might be worth $45k ? Are they going to be able to go and buy another home for $50k, when this one was fully paid off?