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Brian Damage · 04-11-2010, 01:04 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/col...6564&sport=nfl

Sunday morning in Irving, Texas many may have heard a loud bang after the Texas Stadium implosion took place at 7:08 am. The stadium implosion was set off by 11 year old Casey Rogers winner of a Kraft Macaroni and Cheese essay contest. There were 55 detonations that took place half a second apart to bring the stadium to the ground. The Texas Stadium implosion took place as a few thousand onlookers had a tail-gate style party to commemorate the event.

The Dallas Cowboys played in the Texas Stadium up until the last football season when they moved over to the state of the art Cowboy’s Stadium. The Texas Stadium Implosion took place this morning after six months of planning. The Texas Stadium implosion took only a few short seconds to occur and everything went according to plan. It was evident after the new Cowboy’s Stadium opening that the Texas Stadium would be demolished.

Texas Stadium opened in 1971 and had a capacity for 65,675 fans. The stadium was originally designed to be a closed dome, but with the lack of funding it was left open in the field area. The stadium cost $35 million dollars to build a far cry from the $1.15 billion it cost to build the new Cowboy’s Stadium. With the Texas Stadium implosion now complete the city of Irving, Texas has a big clean up ahead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JjV61zYRkE

Mr. Television · 04-11-2010, 01:23 PM

So sad.

Even though the Cowboys new stadium is nice and big and extravagant , I still long for Texas Stadium. That place holds so many special memories for me....so many great games. And the hole in the roof...where God could watch his favotite team.

Marvo301 · 04-11-2010, 06:28 PM

What a sad end for a stadium where so many great moments took place and so many great games were played. Texas stadium will forever be associated with the exploits of Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, and so many other Cowboy Greats!

MrCleveland · 04-12-2010, 04:37 PM

Don't forget the legend coach Tom Landry.

comedyfreak · 04-15-2010, 05:36 AM

I remember seeing classic wrestling shows from there the World Class Championship Wrestling with the Von Erichs and the NWA wrestling org.

04-11-2010, 01:04 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Texas Stadium: 1971-2010 http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/col...6564&sport=nfl Sunday morning in Irving, Texas many may have heard a loud bang after the Texas Stadium implosion took place at 7:08 am. The stadium implosion was set off by 11 year old Casey Rogers winner of a Kraft Macaroni and Cheese essay contest. There were 55 detonations that took place half a second apart to bring the stadium to the ground. The Texas Stadium implosion took place as a few thousand onlookers had a tail-gate style party to commemorate the event. The Dallas Cowboys played in the Texas Stadium up until the last football season when they moved over to the state of the art Cowboy’s Stadium. The Texas Stadium Implosion took place this morning after six months of planning. The Texas Stadium implosion took only a few short seconds to occur and everything went according to plan. It was evident after the new Cowboy’s Stadium opening that the Texas Stadium would be demolished. Texas Stadium opened in 1971 and had a capacity for 65,675 fans. The stadium was originally designed to be a closed dome, but with the lack of funding it was left open in the field area. The stadium cost $35 million dollars to build a far cry from the $1.15 billion it cost to build the new Cowboy’s Stadium. With the Texas Stadium implosion now complete the city of Irving, Texas has a big clean up ahead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JjV61zYRkE Attached Images
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