For $25 (for parking), you can watch Texas Stadium get all 'blowed up' in person
Mar 13, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT
If you happen to find yourself in Irving, Texas on the morning of April 11th and have nothing else to do, you too can bear witness to what is sure to be the awe-inspiring implosion of Texas Stadium.
Sure, it will cost you the nominal fee of twenty-five smackeroos to park your ride in the lot, but in the end it will be worth it, I reckon. Who doesn’t like to watch old crap get demolished, right? Except for Europeans. And pretty much everyone else around the world – other than Americans – that treasure and value their historical monuments, I suppose. I mean, the Coliseum? Come on! Blow that antiquated and dilapidated sucker up and build a megamall or water park in its place, ya weirdos.
And before anyone gets up in arms due to the audacity of officials trying to profit off the spectacle by charging admission, all proceeds will go to charity. Sure, the charity is the “Jerry Jones Plastic Surgery Relief Fund” but still. Nah, just kidding – that’s not one of the local charities the money raised will go to – I think.
Tickets will not be available before the morning of the demolition and only regular passenger vehicles will be allowed – no RVs or buses, please.
From The Dallas Morning News:
Officials estimate that the lot will hold about 5,000 cars. Once it’s full, hopeful spectators will be out of luck. Officials are still working out details on when they’re going to open the lot, but it will probably be hours before the big event.
Yeah, if you don’t get into the parking lot, tough. Nope, there will be no other way to witness the old stadium crumbling to the ground. None. Unless you come up with the brilliant idea to drive and park pretty much anywhere else which provides you a vantage point of the stadium, then it’s free. Screw the charities, I say. At the same time, I suppose you would be missing out on the shared communal experience of it all. Rats.
So get there early so you can watch young Casey Rogers – who won an essay contest sponsored by Kraft Foods for the honor – flip the switch and bring down the “The House that…um, some Dallas Cowboy” built. Danny White, maybe?
But be sure to “[b]ring your cash money,” according to Doug “Don’t Call Me Captain” Janeway, the city of Irving’s assistant real estate services director. You know, as opposed to your Monopoly money, funny money, Tango & Cash money, Johnny Cash money or otherwise.
What? I’m just making a little joke about the phrase “cash money” is all. So get back. I’m alright Jack, keep your hands off my stack.
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For $25, fans can watch Texas Stadium go out with a bang [The Dallas Morning News]
Texas kid wins at life, so gets to blow up an entire stadium [Out of Bounds]