Q:
Why does Texas Stadium have a hole in the roof?
A: So God can watch His team play.
One look
inside Texas Stadium is enough to make anyone believe the Cowboys may
indeed enjoy divine favor. They play in one of the most beautiful arenas
anywhere, and Cowboys games are so popular that plans are afoot to enlarge
it. "It holds nearly 66,000 people, but it's not big enough for a
Super Bowl any more," explained our guide Sheryl Kindrick.
She also filled us in on other facts about the structure, which was completed
in 1971 at a cost of US$35 million. That number sounded large until we
learned that Deion Sanders earned that much last year to play for one
season.
As
we followed Sheryl onto the field, we met Bob, Mary, Vicki and
Katie Thompson of Granby, Massachusetts. "This is our first
time in Dallas," said Bob, who's been a Cowboys fan since 1960. "We
came here for a game last Monday, and if we ever get our voices back,
it'll be fabulous. Monday's game was the loudest one ever!"
Texas Stadium
is celebrating its 25th birthday in 1996, and the Cowboys have been World
Champions for three of the last four years. Maybe they really do have
God on their side.
11/96
Football's
Taj Mahal
