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The stadium is widely referred to as Jerry World after Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who originally envisioned it as a large entertainment venue. [14] The stadium seats 80,000 people, but can be reconfigured to hold over 100,000 people by the use of standing room, [ 3 ] making it the largest stadium in the NFL by seating capacity . [ 15 ]
Jones attended the University of Arkansas, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. [10] He was co-captain of Arkansas' 1964 national championship football team. He was an offensive lineman for College Football Hall of Fame coach Frank Broyles and a teammate of college football and NFL coach Jimmy Johnson, whom Jones hired as his first head coach after purchasing the Cowboys.
Jones AT&T Stadium (commonly referred to as "The Jones" [9]) is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Built in the style of Spanish Renaissance architecture , it is the home field of the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference .
Legends is a food, beverage, merchandise, retail, and stadium operations corporation serving entertainment venues and companies. Formed in 2008, Legends is a joint venture of Yankee Global Enterprises and Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys.
In 1993, Jerry Jones said the Ring of Honor "stands for the men who built this franchise and had it called America's team" [1] The Ring of Honor at Texas Stadium. The Ring of Honor was created by Tex Schramm and began on November 23, 1975, which was designated in Dallas as Bob Lilly Day. On that day, the team held the first Cowboys reunion and ...
Jerral Wayne Jones Jr. (born September 27, 1969) is the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of the Dallas Cowboys. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Jones Jr. was the president and general manager of the Dallas Desperados when it was founded by his father in 2001 in the original Arena Football League [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He now leads the Cowboys ...
Thomas Wade Landry (/ ˈ l æ n d r i / LAN-dree; September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American professional football coach, player, and World War II veteran. Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, [1] he was the first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL), a position he held for 29 seasons.
Cowboys 20, Giants 8 (December 14, 2008) – Amid several weeks of off-field acrimony involving Terrell Owens, Tony Romo, Jason Witten, Marion Barber, and owner Jerry Jones, the Cowboys shut down the Giants in New York's final trip to Texas Stadium (and first since the 2007 playoffs), 20–8. Owens and Witten combined for eight catches for 82 ...