{"id":242223,"date":"2025-09-20T20:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242223\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T20:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:13:12","slug":"did-you-hear-me-jerry-jones-dallas-leaders-tout-cotton-bowl-as-venue-competitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/242223\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Did you hear me, Jerry Jones?\u2019 Dallas leaders tout Cotton Bowl as venue competitor"},"content":{"rendered":"

City leaders and members of Dallas\u2019 Park Board joined the South Dallas community on Saturday for a ribbon-cutting marking the end of renovations of the Cotton Bowl<\/a> stadium\u2019s west side. <\/p>\n

City Council members, including Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Moreno, spoke about their personal connections to the iconic venue and Fair Park. Moreno proposed to his now-wife at the park. Council member Kathy Stewart had one of her first dates with her now-husband there.<\/p>\n

Council member Adam Bazaldua, who represents the district where Fair Park sits, said his father used to wait in line at the Cotton Bowl in hopes of selling hot dogs for the Cowboys games. Bazaldua said he also taught his daughter to ride a bike on the park grounds. <\/p>\n

The $140 million stadium makeover was more than a facelift for the 95-year-old structure, Moreno said. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s about revitalizing a neighborhood in Fair Park as a whole,\u201d he said. \u201cThese upgrades will help bring more world-class events to Dallas, boosting our economy and supporting jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bazaldua said he also believes the continued investment in the Cotton Bowl and Fair Park will make the South Dallas landmark a destination that can compete against the region\u2019s other venues. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a competitor now. Did you hear me, Jerry Jones? We are a competitor,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

After listening to speakers chronicle the significant cultural events that the Cotton Bowl once housed, attendees took a guided tour of the stadium\u2019s renovations, including rides up escalators to a third-floor balcony with a view of the Dallas skyline. <\/p>\n

Outgoing Park Board member Tim Dickey marveled at the renovations he, in part, helped spark. The longtime advocate of Dallas parks was instrumental in working<\/a> with state legislators, city leaders and the community to make the funding possible for park venues like the Cotton Bowl. <\/p>\n

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(From left) Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Moreno, council members Paul E. Ridley and Kathy Stewart and Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert listen during the ceremonial ribbon-cutting for Fair Park’s newly remodeled Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. <\/p>\n

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Years ago, Dickey said, he saw the need for large investments in this park. It was a moonshot, he said, for all the pieces to fall into place to help Fair Park.<\/p>\n

Sustaining investments in the park over the next 100 years could face fewer hurdles with the support of City Manager Kim Bizor Tolbert as its leader<\/a>, Dickey said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city needs to invest in Fair Park. The other buildings are still falling apart,\u201d Dickey said. \u201cThe [deferred] maintenance needs are phenomenal. So the city really needs to make the financial commitment in the future years. This is kind of a beginning, but we\u2019re hoping the city will step up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he thinks the city of Dallas will keep its commitment to Fair Park, Dickey said: \u201cIt\u2019s Dallas, right? You never know. I think they will, because it\u2019s just too important an asset to not. We can\u2019t let it fall apart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Johnson: Fair Park holds a central place in Dallas\u2019 civil rights story<\/a><\/p>\n

The 1971 Cotton Bowl Parade was the moment equality started winning. <\/p>\n

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The Dallas Morning News got an exclusive two-hour tour of the historic Cotton Bowl\u2019s $140 million extreme makeover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City leaders and members of Dallas\u2019 Park Board joined the South Dallas community on Saturday for a ribbon-cutting…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":242224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1369,97649,1596,21678,14053,14054,7348,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-242223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-college-sports","10":"tag-cotton-bowl","11":"tag-dallas","12":"tag-equity","13":"tag-south-dallas","14":"tag-southern-dallas","15":"tag-state-fair-of-texas","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115238457288015847","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}