Opened in 2009
Cowboys Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, is one the loudest stadiums in the NFL when the roof is closed. The Cowboys Stadium has the largest retractable roof in the U.S and the roof takes only 12 minutes to open and close. As well as having the largest retractable roof, Cowboys Stadium also has the largest HDTV in the world, which hangs 90 ft. above the field. The screens give 4 different views around the stadium: two screens (53ft by 30ft) looking at both sides of the end zones and two larger screens (160ft by 72ft) looking towards the sidelines. The stadium has two 292ft arches, which can be seen outside the stadium. They support both the retractable roof and the HDTV and create a huge columnless interior space.
Cowboys Stadium is located in Arlington, Texas not in Dallas. The stadium was designed by Dallas architect Brian Trubey, who went to my high school, Skyline HS. One of his main priorities was to have a roof with a hole.  The Cowboys iconic coach Tom Landry once said that this way, “God could watch the Cowboys.” The $1.3 billion Stadium does not disappoint as the home of “America’s Team”. In 2009, the new Cowboys Stadium replaced the old stadium in Irving, Texas, where much of the Cowboys successful history took place. Before that, the Dallas Cowboys actually played in Dallas at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park.