Cotton Bowl Stadium
| "The House That Doak Built" | |
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| Former names | Fair Park Stadium (1930–1936) |
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| Address | 1300 Robert B. Cullum Boulevard |
| Location | Dallas, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°46′47″N 96°45′35″W / 32.77972°N 96.75972°WCoordinates: 32°46′47″N 96°45′35″W / 32.77972°N 96.75972°W |
| Owner | City of Dallas |
| Operator | City of Dallas |
| Capacity | 92,100 |
| Record attendance | 96,009 |
| Surface | Natural grass (1994–present) AstroTurf (1970–1993) Natural grass (1930–1969) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1930 |
| Opened | 1930, 87 years ago |
| Renovated | 1968, 1994, 2008 |
| Expanded | 1948, 1949, 1994, 2008 |
| Construction cost | US$328,200 ($4.71 million in 2016 dollars) |
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SMU Mustangs (NCAA) (1932–1978, 1995–1999) Cotton Bowl Classic (NCAA) (1937–2009) Dallas Texans (NFL) (1952) Dallas Texans (AFL) (1960–1962) Dallas Cowboys (NFL) (1960–1971) Dallas Tornado (NASL) (1967–1968) Dallas Burn/FC Dallas (MLS) (1996–2002, 2004–2005) Dallas Desire (LFL) (2010) Heart of Dallas Bowl (NCAA) (2011–present) |
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Cotton Bowl Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Dallas, Texas, south central United States, opening in 1930 at the site of the State Fair of Texas. Concerts or other events using a stage allow the playing field to be used for additional spectators.
The Cotton Bowl was the longtime home of the annual college football post-season bowl game known as the Cotton Bowl Classic, for which the stadium is named. Starting on New Year's Day 1937, it hosted the first 63 editions of the game, through January 2009; the game was moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington in January 2010.
The stadium has been home to many football teams over the years, including: SMU Mustangs (NCAA), Dallas Cowboys (NFL; 1960–1971), Dallas Texans (NFL) (1952), Dallas Texans (AFL; 1960–1962), and soccer teams, the Dallas Tornado (NASL; 1967–1968), and FC Dallas (the Dallas Burn before 2005) (Major League Soccer; 1996–2002, 2004–2005). It was also one of the nine venues used for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
It became known as "The House That Doak Built", due to the immense crowds that SMU running back Doak Walker drew to the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s.
In their seventh season, the Cowboys hosted the Green Bay Packers for the NFL championship at the Cotton Bowl on January 1, 1967. The college bowl game that year included SMU and was played the day before, New Year's Eve, which required a quick turnaround to transform the field. The two games were filled to the 75,504 capacity, but both local teams came up short.
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