The New Dallas Cowboys Stadium

      

On Friday we decided to go and take a tour of the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

 

We passed a cool water tower on the way.  Thought you might enjoy seeing it too.

As we pulled up to the stadium I have to say it did look amazing.

We found out that we had to park near the pro shop and I happened to notice this wonderful sign.  One of my “random things” that I like to take pictures of is the #5.

So now you know my day is starting off on a cheery note.  But if you look at the sign it almost looks like it says 53 instead of just 5.  Oh well.

We went into the pro shop and purchased our tickets for the tour.  The ticket prices are slightly discounted because the stadium is not complete. 

The stadium had some cool lighting.  Some of the lights were in the shape of footballs. 

Pretty cool, huh?  There was also a light that had drop down lights that were the “laces” of the football. 

We also enjoyed some of the suites that we’ll never enjoy at any other time.  ;)  They aren’t really in our budget….haha!  They are nice but in our opinion we don’t think that you get what you pay for.  But hey – that’s just our opinion.

 

The tour takes a total of about an hour and it does include a lot of walking.  Part of the tour takes you by the end zones near the large gates that open up.  It’s pretty cool. 

They take you down to the field level.  There is one part where they show you where the players will exit the field during halftime.  It has a big star over it that lights up.  It’s pretty cool.

This is the view that the players have as they come off of the field.

Have you wondered how much the food is going to cost at the new stadium?  Well wonder no more…..

We were on field level and were able to see them as they were preparing the field for the upcoming soccer matches.  Here is a close-up of the field.  They actually have several different fields that they use.  They have a soccer field, a field for college/high school games and a field for NFL games.   

Here are a couple of pics of us at field level. 

We did manage to stop by the pro shop but didn’t make any purchases.  I intended to buy some little souvenirs but yeah, the price was not little.  Hmmm….couldn’t even buy a cheap pencil or anything.  That was disappointing but I managed to get over it without any counseling or anything.  I did manage to get a couple of pics and I’m surprised I wasn’t charged for that.  ;)

And to sum it all up we really had a great time.  A better time than I honestly expected to have.  And the stadium is freaking awesome.  It’s amazing and we all kept saying “WOW” as we saw everything. 

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Summer Fun

 

We started our day in a fantastic way by having waffles in the shape of the state of Texas!  How cool was that?

First thing on our agenda was to tour the Capitol.  Marvin, Sarah and Kat had never been so it was a lot of fun. 

We waited for our tour to start and there is one thing that I’d like to say about tour guides.  It’s a unique job.  And I would think that it takes a unique individual to fill that role.  I like a funny guide.  One that adds humor to their informational dialogue.  Our tour guide was well…..different.  It was almost as if there was a recorder playing inside her head and at various moments the pause button was pressed and she would pause in her speech.  it was kind of weird.  But we made the most of it and had a good time anyway.

We also ate lunch at the Capitol.  I’m sure there were many famous and important people there but I didn’t have a chance to meet any of them because all eyes were on this handsome man…..

After our tour and lunch we headed over to visit the UT Co-op.  Since we were in Austin we needed to buy some Longhorn gear and take our pics outside with Bevo!

After the Capitol tour and stopping by the Co-op we headed home.  But we did need a potty break so we stopped by a convenience store.  Now those of you that know me I have this “thing” about random “things”.  For example I like taking pics of water towers, bathrooms, phonebooths, city signs etc.  I know, I know…..it’s not mainstream photography but hey, it makes me smile. 

Which brings me to my wonderful pic of girlie and Marvin.  Please enjoy.

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Summer Fun 07.08.09

We started out Day 2 with a San Antonio River Boat tour on the Riverwalk in San Antonio.  We’ve actually taken the tour several times but always enjoy it every time we go. 

It was soooo hot outside while on the tour which is why we took the tour first thing in the morning.  We did have a fun time and afterwards we went to eat at Tony Roma's.  We don’t have one in Mesquite anymore so we really like to eat there.  We had the ribs and they were so good! 

After lunch we went to Ripley's Believe It Or Not and Louis Tussaud's Wax Museum.  It was a great break from the heat and a ton of fun!!

~M~ chatting w/ Oprah

Me hanging with Johnny Depp

 

~A~ pulling a Tom Cruise

 

~S~ and Oprah having a good chat

 

~K~ and Oprah reminiscing about old times.

We had so much fun taking a ton of pics! 

~H~S~K~A~

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