Official: Cotton Bowl Board Votes to Move Game to Arlington
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Cotton Bowl to move to new Cowboys Stadium: Hoping to get the Cotton Bowl back on college football's national stage, the board that oversees the game voted Tuesday to move it to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium starting in 2010. "This is one of the most important decisions in the 71-year history of the AT&T Cotton Bowl," Cotton Bowl Athletic Association Chairman Bruce Gadd said in a statement. "Moving the Classic preserves the Classic's legacy and, at the same time, secures its future as one of college football's best postseason bowl games." The move was approved by voice vote during a regular meeting of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association board of directors. The first game at the new venue in Arlington, between Dallas and Fort Worth, will be on New Year's Day, 2010. Plans for the $1 billion stadium, scheduled to open in 2009, include a retractable roof that would cover a hole similar to the one at Texas Stadium in Irving. A domed stadium is important to bowl game officials because of Dallas' sometimes cold January weather. (Dallas Morning News) This can't be good for the future of the Red River Shootout at the current Cotton Bowl stadium. As the Cotton Bowl has commitments from both Oklahoma and Texas through 2010, only if City of Dallas continues improvements with bond money already approved. In the past, Dallas officials have said they will only continue improvements with long-term commitments.
Taylor: Dallas dropped the ball: WFAA
Cotton Bowl to move to new Cowboys Stadium: Hoping to get the Cotton Bowl back on college football's national stage, the board that oversees the game voted Tuesday to move it to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium starting in 2010. "This is one of the most important decisions in the 71-year history of the AT&T Cotton Bowl," Cotton Bowl Athletic Association Chairman Bruce Gadd said in a statement. "Moving the Classic preserves the Classic's legacy and, at the same time, secures its future as one of college football's best postseason bowl games." The move was approved by voice vote during a regular meeting of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association board of directors. The first game at the new venue in Arlington, between Dallas and Fort Worth, will be on New Year's Day, 2010. Plans for the $1 billion stadium, scheduled to open in 2009, include a retractable roof that would cover a hole similar to the one at Texas Stadium in Irving. A domed stadium is important to bowl game officials because of Dallas' sometimes cold January weather. (Dallas Morning News) This can't be good for the future of the Red River Shootout at the current Cotton Bowl stadium. As the Cotton Bowl has commitments from both Oklahoma and Texas through 2010, only if City of Dallas continues improvements with bond money already approved. In the past, Dallas officials have said they will only continue improvements with long-term commitments.
Taylor: Dallas dropped the ball: WFAA
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