AT&T Stadium
AT&T Stadium is a retractable-roof stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States. It serves as the home of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL), and was completed on May 27, 2009. It is also the home of the Cotton Bowl Classic, the Big 12 Championship Game, and the Southwest Classic. The stadium is one of 11 US venues set to host matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The facility, owned by the city of Arlington, has also been used for a variety of other activities, such as concerts, basketball games, soccer, college and high-school football contests, rodeos, motocross, Spartan Races and professional wrestling. It replaced the partially covered Texas Stadium, which served as the Cowboys' home from 1971 through the 2008 season.
Exterior, June 2020 | |
AT&T Stadium Location in Texas AT&T Stadium Location in the United States | |
| Former names | Cowboys Stadium (2009–2013) |
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| Address | 1 AT&T Way |
| Location | Arlington, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°44′52″N 97°5′34″W |
| Operator | Dallas Cowboys |
| Executive suites | 342 |
| Capacity | 80,000 (expandable to 100,000) |
| Record attendance | List
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| Surface | Hellas Matrix Turf with Helix Soft Top artificial turf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 20, 2005 |
| Built | 2006–2009 |
| Opened | May 27, 2009 |
| Construction cost | $1.3 billion ($1.85 billion in 2023 dollars) |
| Architect | HKS, Inc. |
| Project manager | Blue Star Development/Jack Hill |
| Structural engineer | Walter P Moore Engineers and Consultants Campbell & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc. |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | Manhattan/Rayco/3i |
| Tenants | |
| Dallas Cowboys (NFL) 2009–present Cotton Bowl Classic (NCAA) 2010–present | |
| Website | |
| attstadium.com | |
The stadium is widely referred to as Jerry World and The Death Star after Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who originally envisioned it as a large entertainment venue. The stadium seats 80,000 people, but can be reconfigured to hold around 100,000 seats making it the largest stadium in the NFL by seating capacity. Additional attendance is made possible by the Party Pass (open areas) sections behind the seats in each end zone that are positioned on a series of six elevated platforms connected by stairways. The record attendance for an NFL regular season game was set in 2009 with a crowd of 105,121. It also has twin video boards that are among the largest high-definition video screens in the world.