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“The House That Doak Built”
The Cotton Bowl is a stadium which opened in 1930 and became known as "The House That Doak Built" due to the immense crowds that former SMU running back Doak Walker drew to the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s. Originally known as Fair Park Stadium, it is located in Fair Park, site of the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, Texas, USA. 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 Cotton Bowl Classic college football bowl game, for which the stadium is named. In January 2010, the game was moved to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. The Cowboys hosted the Green Bay Packers for the 1966 NFL championship at the Cotton Bowl. Artificial turf was installed in 1970 and removed in 1993 in preparation for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.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 (prior to moving to Kansas City) (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.
This is an UPDATE to my previous review. I have been corrected on some of the history. The Dallas Texans were the first Dallas NFL team in 1952, but moved and ceased to exist. In 1960, Lamar... Read more
Going to an event at this venue reminded me of why I stopped going to public sporting events. This is not an easy place to get to, so plan on a hefty walk! The parking staff left our driver... Read more
Talk about history. I was here at the game where "the Bomb" was invented. Don Meredith to Bob Hayes the fastest man in the world. That one play was the most exciting thing anyone had seen in... Read more
Cotton Bowl
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- Sun: 6:00 am - 9:00 pm
- Mon: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Tue, Wed: 8:00 am - 11:00 am
- Sat: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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