Not being a big follower of sports, I had no idea that the Dallas Cowboys were getting a new stadium for the rapidly-approaching 2009-10 season, but apparently they are and it’s open to the public for tours over the next several weeks.
The maximum capacity of the stadium is 100,000 people. Surprisingly, that will only tie it for tenth-largest in the world, according to Wikipedia. North Korea gets the nod for the largest stadium in use, and the largest ever built was Strahov Stadium in Prague, which seated 220,000 (although it is estimated that the ancient Roman Circus Maximus could have held over 250,000 spectators). Nevertheless, it is the largest stadium in the NFL, seating 20,000 more people than the next largest, Giants Stadium.
Blogger John P., who writes “One Man’s Blog” (one of my daily reads), took the stadium tour recently and has a good post about it today, including some excellent photos.
