There is No Long-Term Strategy

Dallas Cowboys Stadium (orginally posted December 6, 2010)        I got my first chance to be inside the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas for the Big XII Championship game on December 4, 2010.  As a Huskers fan, I was disappointed in the outcome of the game, but it was great fun being inside that facility, which is something like the Disneyworld of Stadiums.  The stadium looks like a giant spaceship from the outside, complete with a retractable roof that opens onto massive bridge support-like tracks.  From the outside, one could expect a grand roof opening with the Cowboy greats of the past ascending out... Tom Landry, Roger Staubach, even Dandy Don Meredith who just passed away this weekend (R.I.P. Don).  Inside, the facility features the famous Giant Screens (two large, two smaller).  One is tempted to watch the entire game on the big televisions, but you need to look at the action on the field, because there is literally not a bad seat in the house (and the seats are comfortable, too).  Really, the only criticism I would offer concerns parking.  Although there seems to be plenty of lot space, the traffic flow out could be improved.  The lots are immediately adjacent to the streets, with no built-in ingress and egress drives so that parking lot workers can control flow.  Of course, to make this happen, the Cowboys would probably have to buy up a few more square blocks of property around the stadium.  But traffic jams and sporting events go hand-in-hand, and perhaps we have all come to expect this.  If you've not been to this marvel, I highly recommend it.