Cotton Bowl
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The Cotton Bowl is a historic outdoor football stadium in Dallas, Texas, best known for hosting major college bowl games and serving as an early home for professional and collegiate teams.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotton Bowl (stadium) | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
outdoor football stadium
ⓘ
sports venue ⓘ stadium ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | open-air bowl ⓘ |
| category |
American football stadiums in Texas
ⓘ
College football venues in the United States ⓘ Sports venues in Dallas ⓘ |
| city | Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
USA
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerName | Fair Park Stadium ⓘ |
| formerTenant |
Dallas Cowboys
ⓘ
Dallas Texans ⓘ
surface form:
Dallas Texans (AFL)
SMU Mustangs ⓘ
surface form:
SMU Mustangs football
|
| hasFeature |
bleacher seating
ⓘ
concrete bowl design ⓘ scoreboard ⓘ |
| hasSurface | grass ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
Cotton Bowl Classic
ⓘ
NCAA football games ⓘ Red River Showdown ⓘ college football bowl games ⓘ concerts ⓘ high school football games ⓘ soccer matches ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic college football venue
ⓘ
hosting major college football bowl games ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Fair Park ⓘ |
| location | Dallas, Texas ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cotton Bowl Classic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
New Year’s Day bowl tradition
ⓘ
historic college football rivalries ⓘ |
| opened | 1930 ⓘ |
| operator | City of Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | City of Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Fair Park historic complex ⓘ |
| primaryUse | football games ⓘ |
| region | North Texas ⓘ |
| renovated |
1948
ⓘ
2008 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity |
approximately 92,000 (expanded era)
ⓘ
around 80,000 (modern configuration) ⓘ over 90,000 (historical peak) ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| state | Texas ⓘ |
| usedBy |
college football teams
ⓘ
professional football teams ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
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this entity surface form:
Cotton Bowl (stadium)
this entity surface form:
Cotton Bowl (stadium)
this entity surface form:
Cotton Bowl (stadium)