These decks were added to respond to the demand for fans to watch SMU halfback Doak Walker, leading the Cotton Bowl to be known as "the house that Doak built." The superstructure was also built at this time, creating the distinctive facade for the stadium. The east side was double-decked the following year, increasing capacity to 75,504. In 1948, a second deck was added to the west side, increasing capacity to 67,000. The name was officially changed to the Cotton Bowl in 1936. The original stadium–the lower half of the current facility–was built for a cost of $328,000 and seated 45,507 spectators. Completed that year, the first game in the stadium was between Dallas-area high schools in October 1930. 2.1.9 Texas State Fair Classic ShowdownĬonstruction began on Fair Park Stadium in 1930 on the same site as the wooden football stadium before known as Fair Park Stadium.The elevation of the playing field is approximately 450 feet (140 m) above sea level. The two games were filled to the 75,504 capacity, but both local teams came up short.Īrtificial turf was installed in 1970 and removed in 1993 in preparation for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The college bowl game that year included SMU and was played the day before, New Year's Eve, which required a quick turnaround to transform the field.
In their seventh season, the Cowboys hosted the Green Bay Packers for the NFL championship at the Cotton Bowl on January 1, 1967. It became known as "The House That Doak Built," due to the immense crowds that SMU running back Doak Walker drew to the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s. It was also one of the nine venues used for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The stadium has been home to many football teams over the years, including: SMU Mustangs (NCAA), Dallas Cowboys ( NFL 1960–1971), Dallas Texans (NFL) (1952), Dallas Texans (AFL 1960–1962), and soccer teams, the Dallas Tornado (NASL 1967–1968), and FC Dallas (MLS as the Dallas Burn 1996–2004, as FC Dallas 2005). The stadium also hosts the Red River Showdown, the annual college football game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns, and the First Responder Bowl. Starting on New Year's Day 1937, it hosted the first 73 editions of the game, through January 2009 the game was moved to AT&T Stadium in Arlington in January 2010.
The Cotton Bowl was the longtime home of the annual college football post-season bowl game known as the Cotton Bowl Classic, for which the stadium is named. Opened in 1930 as Fair Park Stadium, it is on the site of the State Fair of Texas, known as Fair Park. The Cotton Bowl is an outdoor stadium in Dallas, Texas, United States. Soccer Dallas Tornado ( NASL) (1967–1968)
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