Cotton Bowl Stadium

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concert venue football stadium outdoor stadium

Cotton Bowl Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Dallas, Texas, renowned for hosting major college football games, including the annual Cotton Bowl Classic, as well as large concerts and events.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cotton Bowl Stadium canonical	4
Cotton Bowl	2
Cotton Bowl Stadium (original structure)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7995994 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cotton Bowl Stadium
Context triple: [South Dallas / Fair Park area, hasLandmark, Cotton Bowl Stadium]

A. Sun Bowl Stadium
Sun Bowl Stadium is an outdoor college football venue in El Paso, Texas, best known as the home of the UTEP Miners and the annual Sun Bowl game.
B. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium is a major outdoor football stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, best known as the longtime home of the annual Liberty Bowl college football game.
C. Richardson Memorial Stadium
Richardson Memorial Stadium is an outdoor sports venue in Kingston, Ontario, primarily known as the home field of Queen’s University’s varsity football team.
D. Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium is a large on-campus college football stadium in Austin, Texas, best known as the longtime home of the University of Texas Longhorns football program.
E. Davis Wade Stadium
Davis Wade Stadium is the on-campus football stadium for Mississippi State University, known for hosting the Bulldogs’ home games in Starkville, Mississippi.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cotton Bowl Stadium
Target entity description: Cotton Bowl Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Dallas, Texas, renowned for hosting major college football games, including the annual Cotton Bowl Classic, as well as large concerts and events.

A. Sun Bowl Stadium
Sun Bowl Stadium is an outdoor college football venue in El Paso, Texas, best known as the home of the UTEP Miners and the annual Sun Bowl game.
B. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium is a major outdoor football stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, best known as the longtime home of the annual Liberty Bowl college football game.
C. Richardson Memorial Stadium
Richardson Memorial Stadium is an outdoor sports venue in Kingston, Ontario, primarily known as the home field of Queen’s University’s varsity football team.
D. Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium is a large on-campus college football stadium in Austin, Texas, best known as the longtime home of the University of Texas Longhorns football program.
E. Davis Wade Stadium
Davis Wade Stadium is the on-campus football stadium for Mississippi State University, known for hosting the Bulldogs’ home games in Starkville, Mississippi.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concert venue ⓘ football stadium ⓘ outdoor stadium ⓘ
architecturalStyle	open-air bowl ⓘ
associatedWith	State Fair of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
city	Dallas, Texas ⓘ surface form: Dallas
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formerName	Fair Park Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLights	yes ⓘ
hasScoreboard	yes ⓘ
hosted	1994 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ Cotton Bowl Classic NERFINISHED ⓘ Dallas Cowboys home games ⓘ FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ Red River Showdown NERFINISHED ⓘ SMU Mustangs football home games ⓘ State Fair of Texas events ⓘ Texas–Oklahoma football rivalry game NERFINISHED ⓘ international soccer matches ⓘ large concerts ⓘ music festivals ⓘ
hostedFrom	1937 ⓘ Dallas Cowboys 1960 ⓘ
hostedUntil	2009 ⓘ Dallas Cowboys 1971 ⓘ
hosts	Cotton Bowl Classic NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River Showdown NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Fair Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Dallas, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	New Year’s Day bowl games ⓘ historic college football games ⓘ
opened	1930 ⓘ
operator	City of Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	City of Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse	American football ⓘ
region	North Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamed	Cotton Bowl NERFINISHED ⓘ
renovated	1948 ⓘ 2008 ⓘ 2009 ⓘ
seatingCapacity	around 92,000 ⓘ
significance	major college football venue in the United States ⓘ
state	Texas ⓘ
surface	natural grass ⓘ
tenant	Dallas Cowboys (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ SMU Mustangs football (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Dallas / Fair Park area → hasLandmark → Cotton Bowl Stadium ⓘ

Dallas Fair Park → contains → Cotton Bowl Stadium ⓘ

Texas Centennial Exposition buildings → hasPart → Cotton Bowl Stadium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cotton Bowl Stadium (original structure)

Burn → homeStadium → Cotton Bowl Stadium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cotton Bowl

Fair Park station → near → Cotton Bowl Stadium ⓘ

Fair Park historic complex → contains → Cotton Bowl Stadium ⓘ

Fair Park Stadium → formerNameOf → Cotton Bowl Stadium ⓘ