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Article: Inside the NFL's most expensive stadium
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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India, Nov. 3 -- Upon approach from I-30 to the north-the Tom Landry Freeway-in Arlington, Texas, it appears as though a massive spacecraft from a world beyond our own has landed and nestled itself neatly into the suburban sprawl.
Actually, it's a veritable colossus very much of planet Earth, built by a man who has most of its means at his disposal. It's the brand-new Cowboys Stadium, the dream of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (No. 196 on Forbes' list of richest Americans), who spent $1.2 billion on the project. Construction began in 2006, and Jones is now able to see the new stadium as yet another aspect of his growing legacy as a "husband" to America's Team.
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