Cowboys Stadium - Arlington, Texas - home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys

As of 2009, the new home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys football team is Cowboys Stadium. Located in Arlington, Texas, this stadium is a domed field that replaced the open-air Texas Stadium, which was home to the Cowboys since 1971. The roof on Cowboys Stadium will be retractable, so the team can play under the sky when the weather is agreeable, but fans don't have to suffer the elements when the weather is bad.

Cowboys Stadium can accommodate up to 80,000 fans normally, but expandable sections make the total capacity 100,000. The construction cost an estimated $1.3 billion, and the building was designed by architectural company HKS. Originally, the stadium was only set to cost around $650 million, but the growing price tag has made it one of the most expensive projects in the history of sports. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has contributed much of the money, but the city of Arlington also voted to increase sales tax, car rental tax, and hotel occupancy tax to help pay for construction costs. In total, the city will contribute around $325 million. The NFL has also pledged to cover some of the costs, though there are rules about how much they can contribute to any one team for a stadium.

Although they broke ground on the stadium in late 2005, no company had signed a naming rights contract as of mid-2009. Some Cowboys fans created a petition to name the stadium after Tom Landry, who coached the team from 1960 to 1988. Landry passed away in 2000 at the age of 75, and during his time as coach, he led the Cowboys to 20 consecutive winning seasons, a record that has gone unchallenged since he left Dallas. Many fans have been calling Cowboys Stadium "Jerry World'' in reference to the team owner.

Cowboys Stadium is recognizable by two large 300-foot arches, which fans can walk through at either end. Each end zone also has a large glass door, which can be opened when the weather is nice, and a large video display board will be hung from the center of the stadium. At the time of the building, this was the largest high-definition television screen in the world. The rest of the design is very similar to the much-loved Texas Stadium, which has a roof with a trademark hole.

Jones first began talking about a new stadium for the Cowboys in 1994, and official talks with the city of Arlington began in 1997. This stadium is schedule not only to hold Dallas Cowboys games, but also to be the site of the 2009 and 2010 NCAA Big 12 Championship games, the NCAA Cotton Bowl, the 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four tournament, the 2010 NBA All-Star game, Super Bowl XLV, the 2009 Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Gold Cup, and a number of college football regular season games. A concert by country legend George Strait was the first event to be held in the new stadium.