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Jerry Jones Upset That New Stadium Debut Was "Too Much About Football"

John Halligan
Sep 22, 2009

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones is disappointed that his pride and joy, the brand new Cowboys Stadium, didnโ€™t shine as brightly as it could have on Sunday nightโ€™s prime-time TV debut.

โ€œGirls in cages, a giant shiny video board, live Mexican midget wrestling, this is what people want to see,โ€ Jones said. โ€œAnd all that dang-gum network could show was the football game.โ€

Jones was also upset that the biggest feature of the new stadium, a giant flame-spewing dragon, malfunctioned and couldnโ€™t be utilized.

โ€œI paid good money to get me a giant flame-spewing dragon under that dang stadium and these good folks want to see him,โ€ Jones remarked at the Levitra post-game podium.ย 

Jones didnโ€™t say how he acquired the dragon, but did disclose that it โ€œcost him a god-dang arm and legโ€ and before the season is out, Cowboy fans will love that โ€œson of a gun as much as I do.โ€

The $1.15 billion Cowboys Stadium is geared to optimize the fan experience and give people something they canโ€™t get at home. Sporting a design thatโ€™s a cross between a soulless mall and an inhuman airport, the stadium is the gem of Jonesโ€™ stretched eyes and a spectacle unto itself.

โ€œThe video board, the live demolition derby-slash-monster truck show in the basement, the menโ€™s room roller coaster, thatโ€™s nothing compared to my dragon,โ€ Jones ranted. โ€œYโ€™all will see. Next home game heโ€™ll get out there and do his thing. I told his trainer, I want them people torched out there, itโ€™s gonna be like a giant Gallagher show!โ€

Jones was, although, very happy with the attendance of the game, which set an American football attendance record with 105,121 spectators. โ€œIt was real good, we were hoping the $85 parking cost wouldnโ€™t deter too many people and itโ€™s looks like olโ€™ Jerry is right again, ha!โ€

But ultimately Jones just couldnโ€™t get over the perceived network slight, โ€œAll this money, all this time and all they want to show is football. Shucks, everybodyโ€™s got football. But whoโ€™s got the worldโ€™s largest Chick-fil-A right next to a real, live slaughterhouse? Jerry, thatโ€™s who.โ€

Dallas went on to lose Sunday nightโ€™s game 33-31 to the New York Giants due in large part to four turnovers, including three Tony Romo picks and a porous defense. Jones had no comment on Romoโ€™s performance or the game.