Can you guess who this is? I can tell you this--the guy in orange is Larry and the guy in blue is Jerry. And he won't be the ONLY Jerry I refer to in this post. So that leaves Tom, right? But Tom who? Need another hint? Maybe the next picture will help.
Why, of course, the incomparable Tom Landry of Dallas Cowboy fame.
We were in Dallas last week and went on a tour of the new Cowboys Stadium. It truly is a marvel of technology and architecture.
It is hard to wrap your mind around just how gigantic this stadium really is. Three of the old Texas Stadium's would fit inside this one. If you look past the trees to the parked cars, you can get a little perspective on its size.
The Statue of Liberty could lie inside this structure.
The top and each end of the stadium are retractable to make it an "open-air facility." One Cowboy player said, "They made the hole in the roof of Texas stadium so that God could watch His favorite team play." They were really happy when they found out that God got to watch even when the roof was closed for rain CAUSE he can see right through it. Too bad they didn't do a little research before they built that expensive opening and find that God didn't need it to begin with.
THE GIFT SHOP
The floor was too pretty to walk on.
Right out of the play book--I thought the x's and o's chart was really nifty on the wall--no ladies, those do not represent hugs and kisses--LOL. Now, don't be offended--I know a lot of ladies who know more x's and o's than their hubbies. Remember, I watched March Madness by myself.
THE INSIDE AND THE GIANT REPLAY SCREEN--JUMBOTRON, I guess they call it--
Those are banquet tables on the field. They were having a Girls' Club celebration there that evening.
The replay screens on each end were about 1/3 the size of the ones that faced each side.
Another view--I keep hoping you can get some sort of perspective on this but I think it may be impossible, really.
One more look.
Each Dallas Cowboy's locker cost $9,000--hard to believe.
And here is the other Jerry I was referring to--Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys. This is a picture of us taken several years ago.
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Actually, my husband graduated from high school with Jerry and he invited his senior class and their spouses to a reunion in Dallas. He had an awesome reunion planned with dinner at the Cowboy Country Club and then VIP treatment at the game the next day against the New York Giants. We got to go down on the field, meet a lot of the players and meet the owner of the Giants. This was the first and only night I have ever met Jerry or talked to him.
And here is a picture of my friend, Janiece, and Jerry's lovely wife, Gene.
Once again I want to thank Jerry and Jane who took us to see the awesome Cowboys Stadium. Thanks a lot--especially since you had just taken another group of family the week before. We really appreciate getting to see this incredible feat of architecture.
Jerry may own the Cowboys but guess who owns the cows.
Every animal of the forest is mine,
and the cattle on a thousand hills.
Psalm 50:10
