Arlington Says..... YES!

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Cowboys Stadium Referendum Passes In Arlington

Nick Eatman
DallasCowboys.com Staff Writer
Nov. 2, 2004, 11:07 p.m. (CDT)

ARLINGTON, Texas - For a team that has lived off winning big on Sundays, the Cowboys scored their biggest victory in their 44-year history on this Tuesday night.

The City of Arlington passed the vote to approve the tax-hike that would allow the city to fund its portion of the $650 million proposal to build the Cowboys a new stadium, which will be located just south of Ameriquest Field, home of the Texas Rangers, is expected to be completed by 2009.

Arlington mayor Robert Cluck addressed the crowd of nearly a thousand supporters here at the watch party at the Wyndham Hotel with a rather short, but strong statement.

"Ladies and gentlemen . . . We Won!"

By a 54-46 percent vote, Arlington taxpayers voted "Yes" for a .5 percent sales and property tax that will allow the city to fund $325 million, with the Cowboys invested the other half. The plan also calls for the Cowboys to pay the city $2 million in yearly rent, starting in 2009 when the stadium is projected to be completed, along with a five-percent fee for any naming rights sold for the new stadium, which has been estimated to be as much as $500,000 a year.

The 75,000-seat stadium, which can be expanded to a capacity 90,000, will include a retractable roof, unique open end zones to hold for fans, state-of-the-art video boards and a Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame museum where the franchise's history will be on display, certain to enhance the game-day experience.

The Cowboys are hoping the new stadium can play host to several major sporting events, including the Super Bowl, as NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue visited the Arlington area two weeks ago and said it could be a possible host for a Super Bowl as early as 2010 or 2011.

The Cowboys are also hoping the stadium will host other major events such as the Bowl Championship Series in college football, as well as the annual Red River Shootout between Oklahoma and Texas, which has been held at the Cotton Bowl since 1929.

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I figured that would pass. The Arlington Cowboys?

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If Dallas was going to be called the Arlington Cowboys then they should have been called the Irving Cowboys for all of these years... [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

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Touchdown Arlington

This is F'ing sweet! 2009 can't come soon enough.