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02-27-2007, 09:08 AM
Cotton Bowl moving to Arlington
Game in new Cowboys stadium tops board's agenda Tuesday
01:24 AM CST on Tuesday, February 27, 2007
By DAVE LEVINTHAL and CHUCK CARLTON / The Dallas Morning News
dlevinthal@dallasnews.com, ccarlton@dallasnews.com
Officials with the State Fair of Texas and the city of Dallas conceded Monday that the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic will almost certainly move from its namesake stadium in Fair Park to the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium in Arlington.
"It's been a foregone conclusion that they're leaving," said State Fair president Errol McKoy, who also serves on the board of directors for the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.
"The reason the Cotton Bowl game is supposedly going to move – and they'll have an announcement here soon – is all because of one thing, and that's a roof over their head. That's something that we cannot and will not ever provide – a roof over their head," State Fair chairman Pete Schenkel told The Dallas Morning News, while at once vowing to retain the annual Texas-Oklahoma and Prairie View-Grambling college football games and to attract new ones.
A move to the Cowboys' retractable-roof stadium tops the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic board's meeting agenda today.
Game in new Cowboys stadium tops board's agenda Tuesday
01:24 AM CST on Tuesday, February 27, 2007
By DAVE LEVINTHAL and CHUCK CARLTON / The Dallas Morning News
dlevinthal@dallasnews.com, ccarlton@dallasnews.com
Officials with the State Fair of Texas and the city of Dallas conceded Monday that the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic will almost certainly move from its namesake stadium in Fair Park to the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium in Arlington.
"It's been a foregone conclusion that they're leaving," said State Fair president Errol McKoy, who also serves on the board of directors for the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.
"The reason the Cotton Bowl game is supposedly going to move – and they'll have an announcement here soon – is all because of one thing, and that's a roof over their head. That's something that we cannot and will not ever provide – a roof over their head," State Fair chairman Pete Schenkel told The Dallas Morning News, while at once vowing to retain the annual Texas-Oklahoma and Prairie View-Grambling college football games and to attract new ones.
A move to the Cowboys' retractable-roof stadium tops the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic board's meeting agenda today.