Is Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Reconsidering Tinted Windows at AT&T Stadium?
What was a major storyline at FIFA World Cup games in Arlington earlier this summer, Cowboys boss Jerry Jones offers more than he ever has in the way of tinting the sunny, yet controversial aesthetic of his stadium.
It's in Oxnard at training camp where the Dallas Cowboys get the bulk of their sun exposure for the season.
Players are reacclimating to the sport's physicality after a long offseason, and coaches are formulating this year's key offensive and defensive concepts. In the case of Brian Schottenheimer, that's done with his signature visor in place as the Southern California sun beats down.
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Once the Cowboys return home, they snuggle into the confines of AT&T Stadium in Arlington, where the roof is almost always closed and the interior completely air-conditioned. Maybe it's more a dome than a roof at this point, but the "majesty" of the Cowboys' home, says owner Jerry Jones, is the venue's feel of an outdoor experience.
That, of course, comes with the east-west facing windows. While they carpet the environment with a sun-kissed aesthetic, they've been known to negatively affect players in afternoon games when the sun glares through the glass and onto the field, blinding would-be pass-catchers.
Despite Jones' venue undergoing face-lift operations to eliminate this issue during the recent FIFA World Cup - such as tinted window coverings and sometimes even the full-blown usage of the curtains that have long been available at AT&T - the Cowboys owner is talking about changes as American football returns.
"Thinking about it and doing something about it are two different things," a coy Jones said in Oxnard about the curtains.
But, he's letting the idea shine through.
"I'll think about it. ... I like some of the affects of the tinting, so we're giving that a thought."
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During the World Cup, in which the temporarily named "Dallas Stadium" hosted nine matches, Jones forfeited his personal box suite and abided by FIFA's advertisement-less signage regulation. Jerry will get the box back for NFL games in September and beyond, but initial thoughts about the window features have seemed to come a long way in the weeks that've followed the tournament.
"I don't think so," Cowboys executive vice president of business operations Chad Estis said via the Dallas News, regarding whether the team would use tinted windows for Cowboys games. "We feel like the stadium operates incredibly well for Cowboys games and how we want it to."
"You know, the curtain thing gets written about a lot. You can ask Jerry about it, as many people do," Estis added. "But look, we've been doing it for 17 years, so we're excited to get the stadium handed back to us. We're excited to go back to operating it the way we do."
Source: Roundtable.io
