Qualla: AT&T Stadium https://qualla.com/at-t-stadium en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/f/f/at-t-stadium-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: AT&T Stadium https://qualla.com/at-t-stadium AT&T Stadium: Introduction https://qualla.com/at-t-stadium/ Photo credit Murphpics, CC BY-SA 4.0. During its very first preseason game in August 2009, Tennessee Titans punter A. J. Trapasso launched a ball that struck the center-hung video board -- the largest HDTV screen in the world at the time -- and the play had to be replayed. Jerry Jones, the Cowboys owner who had spent over a decade and more than a billion dollars willing this stadium into existence, brushed it off, suggesting Trapasso was deliberately aiming for it. A physicist at Longwood University later proved through computer simulation that well-kicked punts could hit the screen from any spot on the field. The stadium had been open for one game, and it had already generated its first controversy. It would not be the last.

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/f/f/at-t-stadium-wp/9vff-at-t-stadium-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full AT&T Stadium: Jerry's Monument https://qualla.com/at-t-stadium/ Photo credit Smarty9108, CC BY-SA 3.0. The road to AT&T Stadium began in 1994, when Jones proposed expanding the aging Texas Stadium. Over the next decade, the project ballooned from a renovation into a $1.3 billion entertainment palace that required Arlington voters to approve a half-cent sales tax increase, a 2% hot...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/f/f/at-t-stadium-wp/9vff-at-t-stadium-jerrys-monument.mp3 0:06 2 full AT&T Stadium: The Cathedral of Nicknames https://qualla.com/at-t-stadium/ Photo credit Mahanga, CC BY 3.0. Before AT&T bought the naming rights in 2013 for a reported $17-19 million per year, fans had already christened the building with a gallery of unofficial names: 'Jerry World,' the 'Death Star,' 'Cowboys Cathedral,' 'Jerrassic Park,' and 'The Palace in Dallas' -- a phrase that ea...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/f/f/at-t-stadium-wp/9vff-at-t-stadium-the-cathedral-of-nicknames.mp3 0:06 3 full AT&T Stadium: A Stadium That Fights Back https://qualla.com/at-t-stadium/ Photo credit BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0. AT&T Stadium has a peculiar habit of interfering with the games it hosts. The notorious video board, hanging above the field, has been struck by punts from at least four different NFL players across multiple seasons. Then there is the sun. The stadium was built on an east-west or...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/f/f/at-t-stadium-wp/9vff-at-t-stadium-a-stadium-that-fights-back.mp3 0:06 4 full AT&T Stadium: Record Crowds and Spectacle https://qualla.com/at-t-stadium/ Photo credit Mahanga, CC BY-SA 3.0. The stadium seats 80,000 but can reconfigure to hold well over 100,000 through standing-room Party Pass sections on elevated platforms behind each end zone. On September 20, 2009, the Cowboys' first regular-season home game drew a record-breaking 105,121 fans -- only to watch Eli...

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