Problem w/ Cowboys giant screen.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

The worst seats in the stadium...toward the end of the video

Wow. I wonder how much he charges for that seat. The view will be even worse with people sitting around you.

This screen is more of a distraction to everyone than a benefit.

The fans above the second level will have it right in their faces. It will be tough to concentrate on watching the field with that taking up so much of your peripheral vision. I'm sure it will distract some players from time to time as well, out of its sheer size and brightness.



I just pray it doesn't ever fall. It has happened three times in arenas with much smaller screens.

*In 1988, a 20-ton, $1.2 million center-hung scoreboard at the new Charlotte Coliseum crashed to the floor of the arena, doing $55,000 worth of damage to the basketball court.

*In 1996, the eight-sided, center-hung Sony JumboTron at Marine Midland (now HSBC) Arena fell to the ice while it was being remotely moved minutes after players ended practice and hours before a game between the Buffalo Sabres and Boston Bruins.

*In 1997, the 5-ton center-hung scoreboard at North Charleston Coliseum, home of the ECHL South Carolina Stingrays, fell, killing an arena worker.

We've already had one incident with a Jerry Jones facility this year, their practice tent. Let's hope there is not another, especially when our guys are there. If that thing goes during an NFL game, there will be a minimum of 29 guys right under it (teams plus refs), although it looks like it could hit people on the sidelines too.

This stadium is just ugly. It's more of a monument to Jerry Jones and his ego than it is about creating a great place to watch a football game. I've heard some people in Texas describe its appearance as an airplane hangar.

They should have known better than placing the screen there. Ray Guy once hit THIS screen at the Superdome:


If you look at the BACKUP PUNTER'S kick, it was still on the way up when it struck the screen. There are better punters in the NFL obviously, those with starting jobs, and they'll hit it too. This won't be a single freak occurrence.