The Cowboys' $1.1 billion stadium will be called Cowboys Stadium, team owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Wednesday, according to the Dallas Morning News.Jones had been trying to find a corporate sponsor for the new stadium -- a report last summer in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram had AT&T as the frontrunner -- but the recent financial problems of that company and others halted those plans.
Jones said he is understanding of these issues.
"Texas Stadium, we certainly have a deep embedded vision of what it is and, at some point we will say, was," Jones said. "But we'd like to keep it at that. It's certainly fitting when looking at the tradition of the Cowboys for it to be Cowboys Stadium. It sounds obvious and simplistic, but it's right."
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-- FILE -- In this Nov. 22, 2007, file photo, New York Jets quarterback Kellen Clemens looks to pass during an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Irving, Texas. Clemens was considered the favorite to be the starting quarterback until the team traded up from No. 17 to No. 5 and took a player they believe is the future of the franchise. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez,file)
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Newly-signed free agent Cincinnati Bengals safety Roy Williams answers questions with head coach Marvin Lewis, left, during a news conference at the Bengals NFL football stadium, Thursday, May 7, 2009, in Cincinnati. Williams had gone to five pro bowls during his seven seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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Newly-signed free agent Cincinnati Bengals safety Roy Williams smiles during a news conference at the Bengals NFL football stadium, Thursday, May 7, 2009, in Cincinnati. Williams had gone to five pro bowls during his seven seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
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In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority on May 6, 2009, the inside of a collapsed Summit Structure warehouse type building is shown in Philadelphia. The company that built the collapsed Dallas Cowboys' training facility also manufactured at least three other buildings that have fallen in heavy weather since 2002, according to court records. The other tentlike facilities manufactured by Allentown, Pa.-based Summit Structures LLC or its related company, Cover-All Building Systems, were warehouse-type buildings in Philadelphia and upstate New York and an indoor arena for horse competition in Oregon. All the buildings fell in conditions that included heavy snow, according to records and interviews. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Regional Port Authority)
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In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority on May 6, 2009, a collapsed Summit Structure warehouse type building is shown in Philadelphia. The company that built the collapsed Dallas Cowboys' training facility also manufactured at least three other buildings that have fallen in heavy weather since 2002, according to court records. The other tentlike facilities manufactured by Allentown, Pa.-based Summit Structures LLC or its related company, Cover-All Building Systems, were warehouse-type buildings in Philadelphia and upstate New York and an indoor arena for horse competition in Oregon. All the buildings fell in conditions that included heavy snow, according to records and interviews. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Regional Port Authority)
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In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority on May 6, 2009, a collapsed Summit Structure warehouse-type building is shown in Philadelphia. The company that built the collapsed Dallas Cowboys' training facility also manufactured at least three other buildings that have fallen in heavy weather since 2002, according to court records. The other tentlike facilities manufactured by Allentown, Pa.-based Summit Structures LLC or its related company, Cover-All Building Systems, were warehouse-type buildings in Philadelphia and upstate New York and an indoor arena for horse competition in Oregon. All the buildings fell in conditions that included heavy snow, according to records and interviews. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Regional Port Authority)
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The Dallas Cowboys football practice facility is shown during a storm, through the windshield taken with a camera phone from Rick Seno in Irving, Texas on Saturday, May 2, 2009. Government inspectors sorted through the Dallas Cowboys' flattened practice facility Monday, May 4, 2009, trying to figure out why fierce winds sent the tentlike structure crashing during a rookie workout session. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Rick Seno) ** NO MAGS, NO SALES, INTERNET OK **
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This Friday, May 1, 2009 photo released by the Dallas Cowboys shows special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, 43, during a football rookie mini camp in Irving, Texas. DeCamillis sustained a fracture of one of his cervical vertebrae after the team's indoor practice facility collapsed during a high wind, Saturday, May 2, 2009. The fracture was surgically repaired and he is scheduled to be released from the hospital later this week. (AP Photo/Dallas Cowboys, James D. Smith) ** NO SALES **
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Dallas Cowboys rookie tight end John Phillips (89) helps search for trapped team and staff after the Cowboys' indoor facility collapse on Saturday, May 2, 2009 in Irving, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)
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This April 26, 2008 photo made in Irving, Texas, and released by the Dallas Cowboys shows scouting assistant Rich Behm, 33, who sustained a fracture to the Thoracic spine after the team's indoor canopy collapsed Saturday, May 2, 2009 during a high wind. The fracture caused a severing of the spinal cord at that level causing permanent paralysis from the waist down. (AP Photo/Dallas Cowboys) ** NO SALES **
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5-13-2009 @ 5:13PM
Sully said...
It should be called "Tom Landry Stadium"! he built the Cowboys all those years and thus the stadium should have been built for him! However, Jerry will never do that after the way he fired Landry which was despicable!
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5-14-2009 @ 9:15AM
greg said...
Why not call it the "Texas Taxpayer's Stadium" since they are paying for the damn thing.
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6-03-2009 @ 12:34AM
jay said...
Jerry jones can call it whatever he desires. I loved Tom Landry, and his ties with the Cowboys, but Jerry hasn't doen such a bad job himself, wit 3 Super Bowl Victories undr his belt!
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