Dave's #48

For those that don't know, my big brother's birthday is the day after mine. I was his 8th birthday present :) Since he was coming to celebrate my #40, I thought I should do something extra special for him on HIS birthday! Actually, it was very easy to decide what to do - he's a Cowboys fan and he would be in Cowboy country... tour Cowboy Stadium!!!

Turns out that tours are contingent on whatever is happening at the stadium. We HAD to go on Sunday (which conveniently was Dave's actual birthday and when we WANTED to go!) and HAD to get the "VIP" tour - which meant we had a tour guide and got to see more. BUT we didn't get to go on the field. But I figured we'd see enough that the field wouldn't be a big deal.

We met in the Pro Shop, which is an experience in itself - want something, anything with a Cowboy logo - go there! They had it all!! From the store, we went upstairs and ended up in the stadium, at a concession area. Soon, Ted, our tour guide showed up and whisked us off to see many wonderful things.

Ted

We saw several fancy areas for the folks with season tickets and such. We sat in the padded seats :) We stared at the jumbotron. There are actually TVs EVERYWHERE. No matter what you need to do away from your seat, you will NOT miss a moment of the game - that was Jerry's idea!! Even the floor was specially picked out and designed to highlight Cowboy's blue! We even got to sit in a swanky suite. Yup, I need to meet some of THOSE people!!



I was amazed at the attention to detail in the entire place. From the TVs and special tiles, to the pictures in all the hallways. We went down a lot of hallways. The fountain, the lights, and more were shaped like footballs. Other lights and such were stars (as in Cowboy logo star). There were interactive kiosks where you could learn more about the players, cheerleaders, or stadium, or more probably!

Football light

a piece of art I liked

something about "what the boys do"

Dave with his girls (this is one of the kiosks)

 Then we went down the freight elevator (so we'd all fit). We ended up in the basement/dungeon. It was big enough for two semis to pass each other. We know because we actually saw one in it!! This level is where we found the locker rooms (cheerleaders and players) and press conference room.

Ted answering the pressing questions!

The cheerleaders locker room is PINK!!! 

Where the 'Boys head to the field...

It was a great tour! Ted said we'd leave as fans of the building and he was right. We ALL want to go back to a game!!

After the tour, we went to a little hamburger place that one of the stadium people told me about. Airways was really good!! A little tiny place I never would've noticed but with great decor (old plane parts and pics).

At that point we went separate ways for a bit. I took Christy to the airport and the rest went to the Moose Lodge in FW. Well, they tried. It was closed!! So I then met them at the Stockyards. Dad and I decided to go home for a bit to check on dogs and take a nap (I hadn't slept well as a 40 year old yet). We then met back up with Dave and Loni for a steak dinner at Riscky's in the Stockyards. I had catfish but the rest had cow. It was all yummy and we even splurged on dessert!!

Dave said it was his best 48th birthday ever :)

Here are some more pics of the stadium...

They were washing it. The guys in the crane baskets had pressure washers. CRAZY!!