Engineering Inc. - January/February 2009 - (Page 20) MuLTI-PrOJeCT FeaTure Entertai Cowboys’ New Home a BIG Spectacle PROJECT: Cowboys Stadium, arlington, Texas FIrM: Walter P Moore, Houston T When the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, opens later this year, it will be one of the largest domed sports facilities in the world. exas prides itself on size, and the construction of Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, includes many superlatives: world’s longest single-span roof structure (1,225 feet), largest video display (25,000 square feet), largest operable glass walls (180 feet wide by 120 feet high) and one of the largest domed sports facility roof structures (660,000 square feet). Slated for completion in June 2009, the massive stadium features two monumental arches rising 292 feet above the playing field, which support a retractable roof. Each arch box truss is 17 feet wide by 35 feet 20 enGIneerInG InC. January / February 2009
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