Giants Spoil Cowboys’ Home Opener 33-31 Before Record NFL Crowd

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22-09-09, 20:29
beige

Giants Spoil Cowboys’ Home Opener 33-31 Before Record NFL Crowd

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Giants silenced more than 100,000 fans by beating the Dallas Cowboys 33-31 on a 37- yard field goal by Lawrence Tynes as time expired in the first regular-season game at the Cowboys’ $1.15 billion stadium.

Eli Manning threw two touchdown passes and the Giants’ defense intercepted Tony Romo three times last night in Arlington, Texas. Bruce Johnson returned one of the interceptions 34 yards for a touchdown in a game that featured nine lead changes.

The crowd of 105,121 was the largest for a regular-season National Football League game. Five of the past six teams to open new NFL stadiums have lost their season openers.

Full article: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aTLxFhzyKsDY
22-09-09, 21:50
KenyaQuin

Forgot to check whether this was on Ten..thanks for the reminder (might need to source from the Net).
23-09-09, 06:39
.X.

Isnt it amazing that 1.15 billion (US) gets you 105,000+ and yet in Perth WA it gets you a Albino Pachaderm that was going to seat 65,000.

The numbers just dont add up.
23-09-09, 08:10
GIGS20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exile

Isnt it amazing that 1.15 billion (US) gets you 105,000+ and yet in Perth WA it gets you a Albino Pachaderm that was going to seat 65,000.

The numbers just dont add up.

Texas.....wetback constructions won the tender!
23-09-09, 12:19
LarryNJ

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exile

Isnt it amazing that 1.15 billion (US) gets you 105,000+ and yet in Perth WA it gets you a Albino Pachaderm that was going to seat 65,000.
The numbers just dont add up.

That is one hell'uva stadium too. http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/multimedia.cfm

It actually seats 80,000 with 300 suites. That 105,000 includes 25,000 standing room tickets that were sold.
23-09-09, 12:24
jargan83

Quote:

Originally Posted by Exile

The numbers just dont add up.

The $1.5 Billion included costs of purchsing the privately owned properties in the development zone, trasnport upgrades, demolition of Subiaco (which if they asked us I'm sure we would find some eager volunteers). I think the Stadium itself was costed at about $750 million