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Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:36 pm EDT

Two great seats at Cowboys Stadium, if you happen to love cement

By MJD

HTML clipboardI believe these seats were designed specifically for you, Redskins fan. Enjoy the hospitality from Jerry Jones and the Cowboys family.

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Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.tv visited the Cowboys' new stadium to check out the giant HDTV and some of the other technological wonders present in The House of Jerry. While there, she happened to find two of the worst seats available in sports, unless you bring a wrecking ball to the stadium with you.

That's okay, though. At least there's the giant punt-blocking TV you'll be able to watch when the action's on the other side of the field, right? Sadly, no. From the seat hugging the concrete on the right, you can't even see that. You're just awash in a concrete wonderland. But from what I understand, Texas concrete is bigger and better than anyone else's concrete.

I'd imagine Jerry Jones hasn't enjoyed the past couple of days. He spends all this time, money and energy on a stadium that's beyond state-of-the-art, and the first time it hosts a game, all people do is complain. "Waaah, the scoreboard blocks punts! Waaaah, I can't see the game!" Did no one even notice the sesame seeds on the hot dog buns?

Gracias, Deadspin.

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  1. danielp
    1. Posted by danielp Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:12 pm EDT

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    Come on.... I've been to numerous stadiums throughout the country, and ALL of them have a few of these seats.
    There is so much hate for this new stadium it is unreal. Get used to seeing us on TV, and being jealous of what you don't have.
    Don't fill up on that Hater-Ade.
  2. Christopher P
    2. Posted by Christopher P Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:36 pm EDT

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    I agree with Danielp every stadium has crap like that. The stadium is beautiful.
  3. avsfan0940
    3. Posted by avsfan0940 Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:42 pm EDT

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    i was at the FIRST game at the COWBOYS stadium, sitting 2 rows behind endzone, and the stadium is amazing, Jerry Jones not only built something for the NFL to see, but for the WORLD
    all you haters out there are jealous that YOUR team cant afford anything nearly as great
  4. Permanent4
    4. Posted by Permanent4 Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:42 pm EDT

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    Cali Lewis on Deadspin and Shutdown Corner. Damn, I love the Internet.
  5. michael c
    5. Posted by michael c Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:03 pm EDT

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    Wahoo cant wait to buy dat seat..
    Jerry spent all that money and couldnt even make sure that all the seats could actualy see the game??
  6. Fan
    6. Posted by Fan Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:03 pm EDT

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    Maybe Jerry should have a small LCD TV bolted onto the concrete in front of the seat!
  7. Paul W
    7. Posted by Paul W Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:13 pm EDT

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    This is about a Redskins fan attending a Cowboy game and complaining. Who cares if the seat was the worst one in the stadium!
  8. foesfan
    8. Posted by foesfan Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:15 pm EDT

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    just a question about the new stadium . is it real grass on the field , and if so does the field actually roll outside of the stadium so it can get sunshine ? i thought a long while back that i heard something to this extent . oh and to all you COWBOY fans , congratz on the new stadium. i'm not going to hate on it and i'm a life long STEELERS fan.
  9. justin h
    9. Posted by justin h Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:34 pm EDT

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    "60 yds long. Thats 120 ft!" Are you kidding me? Thats 5th grad education. A yd is 3ft so...60yds would be 180 ft. I guess just being in the presence of the cowboys makes you stupid.
  10. deb1photo
    10. Posted by deb1photo Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:36 pm EDT

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    The new stadium is awesome. The field is turf, not grass. And yes, every stadium has a few bad
    seats. Just know as Cowboy fans spend more time in the new stadium, we will come to really
    appreciate all the visions Jerry Jones has had for a great place to see our Dallas Cowboys!
  11. Paparazzi must be stoped
    11. Posted by Paparazzi must be stoped Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:45 pm EDT

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    look this is the ONLY stadium with real SEATS in nose bleed not the benches most stadiums have
  12. VONDA F
    12. Posted by VONDA F Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:11 pm EDT

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    J.jones should get the dang scoreboard problem fixed. move the dang thing up a little higher
  13. Colbination
    13. Posted by Colbination Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:16 pm EDT

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    Did anyone notice that the maden 10 game being played on the DALLAS big screen was the Steelers and Eagles.... Thats kinda odd but Tony Romo has been helping the Eagles out for years so why not play as them on the vireo game.... GO BIRDS
  14. Geoff D
    14. Posted by Geoff D Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:26 pm EDT

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    lol punt blocking TV. I have no reason to dislike Jones any more than I do and that can be fixed. My point? Dont really have one, cowboys just dont let philly finish ahead of you. cheers
  15. Jerri
    15. Posted by Jerri Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:30 pm EDT

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    Here's an idea. Replace those 2 seats and every other seat in that row with small tables so at least those
    schmucks who purchased tickets in that row can have some simblance of comfort. Just a thought :P
  16. vertskate900
    16. Posted by vertskate900 Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:37 pm EDT

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    Worst seats LOL!? I think when your franchise goes a laughable 13 seasons without a playoff win, EVERY seat in whichever stadium constitues a "worst" seat for Cryboys fans. And no amont of money can fix that...or ever will!
    Go Bears!
  17. RacerX
    17. Posted by RacerX Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:37 pm EDT

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    Please...if anyone has ever even thought of playing football, then this is there Mecca. Play "Pee-Wee" football? How about Optimist ball? Maybe even Junior High ball? Then there's Highschool football, college football on how many levels??? Any real fan of football will truly appreciate this behemoth dedicated to the sport they grew up watching, playing and or dreaming about. People will come from all over to gaze at the wonder, with astonishment. It is the new icon for NFL football. It goes way beyond reason. It is fanatical. It is a billion plus dollars. Absolutely insane, but it is NFL Football at it's most glorious/glamorous/grotesque apex.
    We have become the romans of our times, the players are the gladiators, and this is the collesium of colliseums.
    Now if Jerry would just get back to focusing on winning games, instead of looking good, playing good. Good ain't good enough in the NFL. He now needs to go about building a team befitting of this monstrosity.
    Congrats Cowboys and their fans...it's a beautiful stadium inside and out. Enjoy.
  18. SixBurgh
    18. Posted by SixBurgh Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:48 pm EDT

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    'Jealous that YOUR team cant afford anything nearly as great', get real. This over priced stadium is being paid for by mostly TAX dollars. Most cities would have NOT have voted for anything of this size when there are other more important things that money can be used for. Also football needs to be played on REAL grass, not artificial turf like what was installed there.
  19. RacerX
    19. Posted by RacerX Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:59 pm EDT

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    Finally...
    Hey Cali, you went to "...to check out the giant HDTV and some of the other technological wonders present..." and all you came up with was two bad seats and a jumbotron that's 5 foot above league requirements? ROFL at this section of wasted space referred to as "shut down corner"....I know I won't be back to read anything informative here. One little tip Cali:
    There's a difference between having character and being a character. This wasn't even a funnie read, just plain o'l mean spirited rubbish.
  20. danielp
    20. Posted by danielp Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:04 pm EDT

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    SixBurgh - Real grass?? Really??? Like than mess of field in Pittsburgh? Do you not remember the Monday Night game against Miami when the ball got stuck in the field? Why are you even commenting and reading on a Cowboy's story? Another closet fan, who jumped on the Steeler's bandwagon?
    FYI - the stadium has the option t play on real grass. When the soccer games are played here, they put down real grass. When the college games are on, they will probably be on real grass. Jerry took into consideration what his players wanted, and the majority of them wanted artificial.
  21. Matta G
    21. Posted by Matta G Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:13 pm EDT

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    There's a sucker born every minute...In the case of Dallas, Texas, thousands.
  22. EdD
    22. Posted by EdD Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:14 pm EDT

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    Wow...as if I needed any proof (I've been quite conscious between 1988-92, and 2000-2008, thanks), Texans really ARE a**holes. Good job guys. Go on with your bad, oversized selves. People who brag about the size of things generally lack size in either the cranium or the crotch...generally both.
    PS- Real football is only played on turf...the real kind. And one generally uses the feet to play it, hence the name FOOTball. Feck off, you wanking throwballers.
    As for throwball, the class and pride of the NTL continues to reside in 2 places-Foxboro and Pittsburgh.
  23. FIZH
    23. Posted by FIZH Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:24 pm EDT

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    Hungry kids in dallas and they have a stadium that does no one any good other then for the over paid players in it, and your argument for building such a waste of money is b/c your tv is bigger then anyone else's??? omg texas you stupid corn feed cowshiit for brians fans...dallas is full of moronic sh11t for brain people!! if my home town [miami] wasted this kind of money there would be a riot not a bunch of cryboys running around going weeeee look at that tv!!! dallas you should be sad you have a stadium like that, to me you lost all my respect,,f off and die. goooooo miami!!!!!
  24. Haywood Jablome
    24. Posted by Haywood Jablome Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:33 pm EDT

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    nice stadium, but football should be played outside.

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