Twitter: Cowboys plan major AT&T Stadium renovations

[Jason 82 Witten]

Cool. Always want to travel to a game in Dallas…just for the experience…

Maybe someday.

Went for the first time in Oct. it was an incredible experience.

 

[Fletch]

Just wait until you see the new prices at the concession stand.

$14 bottled water
$50 beer

 

[Jarntt]

Raise the scoreboard
take care of the sun glare
then fire the architect who originally worked on the project for missing those two things...

 

[JBS]

The new art gallery is going to be soooo fn sweeeeeet

 

[Zordon]

The joke on The Ticket was for every time Jerry gets caught cheating by his wife, Gene gets another mention of her art gallery on the broadcast.

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

the owner doesn’t have to pay for the bonds - the tax payers do.

The general public lends money to the city of Arlington by buying bonds. Arlington then uses that bond money to help Jerry build the stadium. The city is responsible for paying back it's citizens, but the stadium is responsible for paying back the city. The stadium, outside of football, brings in about 100 million a year in taxable income.

The tax payers that do contribute to the paying of the bonds, are mostly business (land) owners near the stadium. Unfortunately those businesses raise their prices to extract extra money from the general public to pay the taxes on their increased land value. Thusly, the general public is inadvertently paying back a portion of the bonds.

Jerry wins, the city wins, the bond buyers win, everybody wins. And that's why these billion dollar stadiums keep popping up in NFL cities.

 

[LonnieElam]

I could make an entire thread about everything I hate about our stadium. I've been to like 30 games there.

Just use the concessions profits since we are getting gouged. Sodas are 9 bucks now a freaking Pepsi is 9 bucks tax not included

And Legends, the company that runs the concessions & the pro-shop at the stadium, is 1/3 owned by Jerry. He could easily go the Arthur Blank route and make everything affordable, but he doesn't give a damn about the fans.

 

[LonnieElam]

How about budget for some blinds to cover the dumb windows?

They have them, too. I've been to concerts there, and I've seen them up personally. Jerry's ego won't allow it. Whatever "upgrade" the stadium is about to get won't be football-related at all, and it'll just be another ego stroke for Jerry. Not even interpretive dance can express how much I hate the Jones family, especially after all the stories I've heard personally from my best friend that's worked for the Cowboys for 7 years.

 

[jrumann59]

Parking is cheaper everywhere else ive seen...again the Nationals can charge you $100 to park

The area where nationals park has gone quite upscale, a couple of blocks over from where the stadium now sits there used to be a KFC that was robbed so often and the clerks had guns pointed at so often they had 1 inch thick lexan around the counter and all food was provided via a lexan lazy suzy window. Many forget how much of a craphole the area around Nats Stadium used to be. Now it is high dollar apartment and condo buildings that many of the congress critter live in.

 

[_sturt_]

Hmmm. WrestleMania is a "major sports event?" (per SBJ quote)

Didn't know it was a "sports" event at all, let alone "major."

 

[LonnieElam]

Hmmm. WrestleMania is a "major sports event?" (per SBJ quote)

Didn't know it was a "sports" event at all, let alone "major."

It's a major sports event, like NASCAR, for the mouth-breathers that have made a certain orange individual with a bad comb-over their entire personality. lol

 

[Reid1boys]

So many of you laughing and making fun of whatever is going to be done, but as someone who travels all over to watch games, I can unequivocally say there is only 1 stadium on par with AT&T, and that is sofi.

Im going to the Titans game in a few weeks, I will have a great time, but I have a feeling the stadium is gonna.... well, not stack up. You can eat off the floor at Dallas game. You have PLENTY of restroom access in Dallas and trust me, that matters. Getting in and out in Dallas is piece of cake. I arrived to the gate to get in 45 minutes before kickoff at the niners cowboys game and we missed the entire 1st quarter because that place is pathetic.

 

[zrinkill]

Jerry has decided they need more stripper poles

 

[LonnieElam]

You have PLENTY of restroom access in Dallas and trust me, that matters..

I haven't stood in line for the restroom in a decade. I cut in front of everybody waiting for a urinal, and go straight to the stalls. 90% of the time there's an empty one, and I've waited only a handful of times. Plus, I have "shy bladder", and I LOATHE standing next to strangers trying to pee, and I can hit my pen. lol

 

[Reid1boys]

I haven't stood in line for the restroom in a decade. I cut in front of everybody waiting for a urinal, and go straight to the stalls. 90% of the time there's an empty one, and I've waited only a handful of times. Plus, I have "shy bladder", and I LOATHE standing next to strangers trying to pee, and I can hit my pen. lol

my point is in Dallas you dont have to wait. The facilities are first rate compared to other places.

 

[jazzcat22]

The general public lends money to the city of Arlington by buying bonds. Arlington then uses that bond money to help Jerry build the stadium. The city is responsible for paying back it's citizens, but the stadium is responsible for paying back the city. The stadium, outside of football, brings in about 100 million a year in taxable income.

The tax payers that do contribute to the paying of the bonds, are mostly business (land) owners near the stadium. Unfortunately those businesses raise their prices to extract extra money from the general public to pay the taxes on their increased land value. Thusly, the general public is inadvertently paying back a portion of the bonds.

Jerry wins, the city wins, the bond buyers win, everybody wins. And that's why these billion dollar stadiums keep popping up in NFL cities.

Arlington residents voted to increase local sales taxes by 1/4 of a % temporarily to help build the stadium, and was reliable for $300 million or maybe it was $325 million. Jerry put in the rest out of his pocket. However he got that repaid by selling the PSL's. Or a portion of it. Arlington paid off the $325 million about 3 to 5 years earlier than planned.
Arlington actually owns the stadium and leases it, but Jerry has the rights to do as he wishes as for making money, renovations or whatever.

 

[LonnieElam]

my point is in Dallas you dont have to wait. The facilities are first rate compared to other places.

Have you ever been to San Diego? That place was BY FAR the worst stadium I've been to. I couldn't even sit in my actual seat because there was a guy already in it passed out drunk. When I went to St. Louis, somehow two other people had tickets to our seats as well. Luckily, we were able to move down 12 rows because St. Louis is a baseball town. I went Denver for the game in 2017, week 2, the game where they had to stop it for an hour and a half because it started storming so bad. Seattle is my favorite stadium that I've visited.

 

[Sydla]

I would settle for tinting those windows.

Whatever it takes. But it still is laughable that you spend a $1B+ on an state of the art indoor (basically) football stadium and no one thought to think, wait a second, what happens with those big windows if the sun is shining that day?

 

[bigE79]

He should have just fully renovated Texas stadium and call it a day,imo

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Just use the concessions profits since we are getting gouged. Sodas are 9 bucks now a freaking Pepsi is 9 bucks tax not included

You're kidding, right ...........