Texas Stadium Implosion Slated for April 11

By Eileen Schwartz, Texas Construction, 04.07.2010


The Texas Stadium in Irving, former home of the Dallas Cowboys, will be imploded this Sunday, with Weir Brothers Inc. of Dallas awarded a $5.8-million contract to carry out the plan outlined by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. of Houston. The Texas Dept. of Transportation signed a $15.4-million lease from Irving for the next 10 years to use the site as a staging area for road and light-rail construction projects. Kraft, meanwhile, meanwhile, has naming rights to the implosion from the Irving City Council. The event will be called a “Cheddar Explosion.”

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The stadium was completed in 1971 at a cost of $35 million. The team’s new $1-billion-plus home is in Arlington, and features a signature retractable roof designed by Houston-based engineering firm Walter P Moore. The new stadium was built by Manhattan Construction Co. and designed by HKS Inc., both of Dallas, and was completed last year before the start of the 2009 NFL season......read more

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