So, a couple of days ago I decided to drive a few blocks down from the workplace to the new Cowboys stadium. Let's just call it: The Monstrosity. I'm still having a hard time believing Jerry and the crew decided to start this billion dollar project in the congested where it's going up.
If you're familiar with the Dallas area (Arlington to be exact) then you know that in the very area where the stadium is going up, there is also the Ballpark for the Texas Rangers, parking for Six Flags over Texas, as well as a very busy Wal-Mart and several retail stores. Can you say "HELL" on gameday???
To top off this horrible planning the new stadium is projected to have less than 15,000 parking spaces, while the stadium holds 80,000. My calculations suggest several cars will be out of luck. And so much for the assumption that families will be arriving in the mini-van...(mom, dad, and the three kids). No way none of that.
With the tickets being well into the hundreds PER... professional football is no longer a family outing here in Texas. So what this means is several individuals will be footing it to the stadium from great distances. What a great journey that should be!!! - First you get to pay 1/4 of your mortgage on the ticket; next you can spend a few gallons ($4/gallons that is) to get to Arlington; then you have the luxury of thinking which bill you'll let go this month as you walk from your $20 parking space nearly a mile away from the stadium.
Organized Crime! This is exactly what happens when men with too much money get together and PLAN out their motives of greed. Jerry has his new stadium, with the largest projection screens known to man... and he doesn't give a crap about what hoops fans have to go through to get to the stadium.
Don't get me wrong here, I love watching the Cowboys... from the comfort of my own home, of course. Personally I think my Boys' should've at least won a playoff game before talks of a new stadium. After all there is absolutely nothing wrong with the current stadium in Irving. It can be seen from the freeway, it's fairly well constructed, and unless I'm missing something- it does include all of the necessities for football: a sideline and a striped playing field.
May I make a suggestion Jerry? Why don't you take the 12,000 or so parking spaces available, and build 12,000 more on top of that; then maybe 12,000 more on top of that... IT'S CALLED A PARKING GARAGE!!!! Perhaps after he gets done paying off the families of the poor men who've lost their lives trying to ready this stadium by 2009- he'll pay a little more attention to the obvious dilemmas...
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