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These are the "numbers" on the new Cowboys Stadium, affectionately being called "Jerry's World" or "The Death Star" here in Dallas. I thougt these were interesting and meant to post them before the Giants game but here they are before they take on the Falcons at home today.
$1.12 billion: total cost of stadium
135: overal site acreage
73: stadium site acreage
3 million: total square footage
104 million: total cubic feet
900 feet: stadium length from end zone to end zone
80,000 people: fixed seating
100,000 people: total capacity
10,000 square feet: size of Pro Shop
360: Number of suites
286: concession areas
300,000: total square footage of bars, clubs, restaurants, and promotional spaces
1,600: toilets (even number of men's and women's)
30,000: parking spaces on game days
200,000: total cubic yards of cast-in-place concrete
1.5 million: total cubic yards of excavating and earth work
70: trucks per hour hauling out dirt for 10 hours per day at height of excavation
200,000: square footage of perimeter retention system
8,200: soil nails used in retention wall
1,956: total number of concrete columns to support structure
20,000 tons: amount of reinforcing steel
14,100 tons: amount of roof structural steel
292 feet: highest point of arches
3,255 tons: weight of each arch
1/4 mile: span of each arch
660,800: square footage of retractable roof
1.7 million pounds: weight of each bi-parting retractable roof panel
63,000 square feet: size of each bi-parting retractable roof panel
12: minutes it takes to open or close roof
18: minutes it takes to open or close end zone doors
500,000: square footage of canted walls
5,071: number of pieces of glass used on the canted walls
1.2 million pounds: weight of center-hung video board structure
25,000: square footage of video board
8: number of hours it took to raise the video board to the top of the stadium
2,300: most people on site in a given day during peak construction
10,000+: total number of workers
8 million: number of man-hours to construct
World Records:
- Longest single span roof structure
-Steepest and largest retractable roof
-Largest center-hung, high-def video display board
-Largest column-free room
-Only all-glass stadium
-Largest end zone doors
NFL Records:
-First canted exterior wall
-First center-hung, high-def video display board
-Largest enclosed stadium (in cubic feet)
-Most expensive stadium
-Most square feet of bars, clubs, restaurants, and promotional spaces
$1.12 billion: total cost of stadium
135: overal site acreage
73: stadium site acreage
3 million: total square footage
104 million: total cubic feet
900 feet: stadium length from end zone to end zone
80,000 people: fixed seating
100,000 people: total capacity
10,000 square feet: size of Pro Shop
360: Number of suites
286: concession areas
300,000: total square footage of bars, clubs, restaurants, and promotional spaces
1,600: toilets (even number of men's and women's)
30,000: parking spaces on game days
200,000: total cubic yards of cast-in-place concrete
1.5 million: total cubic yards of excavating and earth work
70: trucks per hour hauling out dirt for 10 hours per day at height of excavation
200,000: square footage of perimeter retention system
8,200: soil nails used in retention wall
1,956: total number of concrete columns to support structure
20,000 tons: amount of reinforcing steel
14,100 tons: amount of roof structural steel
292 feet: highest point of arches
3,255 tons: weight of each arch
1/4 mile: span of each arch
660,800: square footage of retractable roof
1.7 million pounds: weight of each bi-parting retractable roof panel
63,000 square feet: size of each bi-parting retractable roof panel
12: minutes it takes to open or close roof
18: minutes it takes to open or close end zone doors
500,000: square footage of canted walls
5,071: number of pieces of glass used on the canted walls
1.2 million pounds: weight of center-hung video board structure
25,000: square footage of video board
8: number of hours it took to raise the video board to the top of the stadium
2,300: most people on site in a given day during peak construction
10,000+: total number of workers
8 million: number of man-hours to construct
World Records:
- Longest single span roof structure
-Steepest and largest retractable roof
-Largest center-hung, high-def video display board
-Largest column-free room
-Only all-glass stadium
-Largest end zone doors
NFL Records:
-First canted exterior wall
-First center-hung, high-def video display board
-Largest enclosed stadium (in cubic feet)
-Most expensive stadium
-Most square feet of bars, clubs, restaurants, and promotional spaces
