Dec 19, 2022
In 1966, when
a still-young Dallas
Cowboys franchise ended six years of NFL
futility with its first winning season
and a championship game
appearance, the team’s founder/owner Clint
Murchison, Jr. was already
dreaming bigger.
In order
to vault his club into the league's elite, Murchison knew he needed
a better home situation than as a renter at the
aging Cotton Bowl in
Dallas’ Fair Park - one where he could eventually
generate his own direct revenue streams, while simultaneously
elevating fans' game-day experience.
Clint, Jr.s' s son Burk Murchison and Dallas
Morning News writer Michael Granberry ("Hole
in the Roof: The
Dallas
Cowboys, Clint Murchison Jr., and the Stadium That Changed American
Sports Forever") join the podcast this week
to help us delve into the history and
mythology of
Texas Stadium - the Cowboys' groundbreaking suburban Irving, TX home for 38
seasons (1971-2008) that not only fulfilled their owner's
ahead-of-its-time vision, but also became the de facto template for
modern-day sports facility expectations - for better or
worse.