Cowboys' new $1.15 billion stadium is open for Country-music concert

Blake Shelton walked on stage, announced the openning of Country-music concert to a crowd of about 70,000 on Saturday night.

"We're the luckiest people in the United States of America. We get to watch the king and queen of country music in this place tonight. And it just so happens to be in the grand opening of the new Cowboys Stadium."


The stadium, which cost $1.15 billion, lured a Super Bowl, a Final Four, the NBA All-Star game and other major sports and entertainment events, and its main tenant is the Cowboys.

The stadium is located neighbour to the Texas Rangers' home field. Arlington taxpayers paid $325 million, and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones paid the remaining. Everything was designed to be the best, except for the traffic. No wonder it nearly doubled the initial projection of $650 million.