Friday, November 6, 2009

Beatle to Open Up New Stadium

By Neven Middlesby

Dallas Cowboys owners Gene and Jerry Jones, along with their family, today announced the Dallas Cowboys Art Program, an ongoing initiative to commission contemporary artists to create monumental, site-specific installations for the recently completed Cowboys Stadium.

The ticket is essentially standing-room only, with 180,000 square feet built into the stadium specifically so fans can hang out during games. Much of the space is on decks and patios.

The retractable-roof stadium has capacity of about 100,000 for football, with 300 luxury suites. The Cowboys play their first game in the new stadium on Aug. 21, facing Tennessee in a pre-season matchup.

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.

In addition to being the new home of the Dallas Cowboys, the stadium will host the 2011 Super Bowl, the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, and the 2014 NCAA men's basketball Final Four as well as concerts, special events, and high school and college football games. Jerry Jones may have just topped booking U2 this fall.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said recently that 273 of the approximately 300 suites had been sold. The prices range from $100,000 to $500,000 a year, which includes tickets and parking but not food or drinks.

The Cowboys Stadium show will feature classics from McCartney's extensive catalog, including Beatles, Wings and solo career hits as well as selections from his most recent album "Electric Arguments," released under his alias The Fireman.

Tickets for McCartney's show go on sale July 20 at 10 a.m., though American Express card members can purchase advance tickets on July 13 at 10 a.m. through July 19. The show will be Sir Paul's first return to Dallas since 2005.

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