STATE OF THE STADIUM: TEXAS STADIUM

     Earlier this week, Jerry Jones outlined his expansion plans
for Texas Stadium in Irving.  His plan would expand seating
capacity to over 100,000, the most in the NFL, and cost
approximately $140M, close to what Jones paid for the team and
the stadium in 1989.  Jones enjoys one of the most favorable
lease situations in the league, and Texas Stadium's 358 luxury
boxes are tops in the NFL with the Stadium Corp. owning and
operating all the boxes.  Today, THE SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY
continues to profile the NFL's infrastructure with a look at
Texas Stadium.


  
 
    
STADIUM:
    
 
      
Texas 
        Stadium, Irving, Texas
    
  
  
 
    
AGE:
    
Completed in 1971
  
  
 
    
CAPACITY:
    
65,000, 21st highest 
      in the league.
  
  
 
    
OWNERSHIP:
    
City of Irving
  
  
 
    
MANAGEMENT:
    
Managed by the Texas 
      Stadium Corp.
  
  
 
    
LUXURY 
      BOXES:
    
358 boxes 
      -- most in the NFL -- owned and operatedby the Texas Stadium Corporation.
  
  
 
    
COST:
    
$35 million, paid for 
      by public bonds
  
  
 
    
RENOVATIONS:
    
Two recent renovations 
      -- 118 more suites in '85, 60 suites added in '92.
  
  
 
    
CONCESSIONS:
    
Concessions done in-house 
      by Texas Stadium Corp., revenue goes to Stadium Corp.
  
  
 
    
PARKING:
    
16,000 parking sports 
      at $6 a car. All revenue goes to Stadium Corp.
  
  
 
    
RENT:
    
$1.95 million -- 7th 
      highest in the league.
  
  
 
    
LEASE:
    
Jones owns the team 
      and manages the lease outright.
  


(Sources: Bruce Hardy, GM/Texas Stadium Corp.; rent figure from
Florida Times Union article from July 24, 1994).