Texas Stadium is a football stadium in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. It is the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and has a seating capacity of 65,675. The stadium opened on October 24, 1971, at a cost of $35 million.
Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl as the Cowboys' home field, the stadium was designed with a unique open roof design, which resulted in most of the stands being enclosed but not the playing field itself. This unusual arrangement—more commonly seen in European soccer stadiums—prompted Cowboys linebacker D. D. Lewis to make his now-famous quip that the "hole" in the stadium's roof was there "so that God can watch his favorite team."
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