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sign marks the entrance to the Dallas Cowboys’ soon-to-be-former headquarters at Valley Ranch. (Associated Press)
What was state of the art back in 1985 is now considered behind the times.
The Dallas Cowboys will turn in one final practice at Valley Ranch, their practice facility for more than 30 years, this week at OTAs. After summer vacation, the Cowboys will report to training camp in Oxnard, Calif., and when they return a brand-new facility in Frisco, Tex. will be waiting for them — and “The Ranch,” as it’s commonly known, will be no more.
“I know I’m going to miss it, I’ll tell you that,” receiver Dez Bryant said via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “I’m going to miss it. But I’m also looking forward to seeing that beautiful thing out in Frisco.”
The team’s new $1.5 billion (that’s a real number, yes) training facility — known simply as “The Star” — includes (for real) a 12,000-seat indoor practice facility. The Cowboys haven’t had one since 2009, when their practice bubble collapsed amid a May storm during minicamps and left several injured, including scouting assistant Rich Behm, who was left paralyzed from the waist down.
That was an unfortunate incident at the Ranch, but there have been other memories for the Cowboys at they get set to move to new digs.
“It’s more than just walls and brick and mortar,” Stephen Jones said via ESPN. “It’s the personalities and the people that have gone through the building.”
Added Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett, who played for the Cowboys in the 1990s:
“I can remember being on this practice field with Michael Irvin, by ourselves on hot July days when no one else was around and he has a weighted vest on,” Garrett said. “He has a weighted girdle on. He’s got his shoulder pads; he’s got his helmet; he’s got his Walter Payton mouthpiece in; and he’s running route after route after route.”
Three Super Bowl-winning teams trained there. It has been home to eight Hall of Fame players (Troy Aikman, Larry Allen, Tony Dorsett, Charles Haley, Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders, Emmitt Smith and Randy White), two Hall of Fame coaches (Tom Landry and Bill Parcells, plus a third potential HOFer in Jimmy Johnson) and a Hall of Fame executive in Tex Schramm. And, of course, Jerry Jones — the Cowboys owner since 1989 also could end up in Canton one day.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/c...-facility-loaded-with-memories-150150939.html
What was state of the art back in 1985 is now considered behind the times.
The Dallas Cowboys will turn in one final practice at Valley Ranch, their practice facility for more than 30 years, this week at OTAs. After summer vacation, the Cowboys will report to training camp in Oxnard, Calif., and when they return a brand-new facility in Frisco, Tex. will be waiting for them — and “The Ranch,” as it’s commonly known, will be no more.
“I know I’m going to miss it, I’ll tell you that,” receiver Dez Bryant said via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “I’m going to miss it. But I’m also looking forward to seeing that beautiful thing out in Frisco.”
The team’s new $1.5 billion (that’s a real number, yes) training facility — known simply as “The Star” — includes (for real) a 12,000-seat indoor practice facility. The Cowboys haven’t had one since 2009, when their practice bubble collapsed amid a May storm during minicamps and left several injured, including scouting assistant Rich Behm, who was left paralyzed from the waist down.
That was an unfortunate incident at the Ranch, but there have been other memories for the Cowboys at they get set to move to new digs.
“It’s more than just walls and brick and mortar,” Stephen Jones said via ESPN. “It’s the personalities and the people that have gone through the building.”
Added Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett, who played for the Cowboys in the 1990s:
“I can remember being on this practice field with Michael Irvin, by ourselves on hot July days when no one else was around and he has a weighted vest on,” Garrett said. “He has a weighted girdle on. He’s got his shoulder pads; he’s got his helmet; he’s got his Walter Payton mouthpiece in; and he’s running route after route after route.”
Three Super Bowl-winning teams trained there. It has been home to eight Hall of Fame players (Troy Aikman, Larry Allen, Tony Dorsett, Charles Haley, Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders, Emmitt Smith and Randy White), two Hall of Fame coaches (Tom Landry and Bill Parcells, plus a third potential HOFer in Jimmy Johnson) and a Hall of Fame executive in Tex Schramm. And, of course, Jerry Jones — the Cowboys owner since 1989 also could end up in Canton one day.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/c...-facility-loaded-with-memories-150150939.html
