The Dallas Cowboys "Giant Tick"

We went down to Texas over the 4th of July weekend, and the first order of business was taking a tour of the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington...better known to locals as the "giant tick," or "the giant beetle." The stadium is so massive it dwarfs every other building in the city.
My main curiosity going in was "is it going to be gaudy inside?" But as a matter of fact, it really isn't. You walk in through the doors and the inside looks like any other stadium. All the halls and corridors are like anything else you've seen. But once you walk in the stadium itself (where the seats are) that's where you notice its size. The opening game of the 2009 season is already sold out...at over 100,000 seats. The video screen over the field is an incredible 60 yards long, and 40 yards wide. The roof opens at the top, and both endzone glass doors open...allowing for a more traditional open-aired stadium affect. Even the speakers that hang from the ceiling are each the size of an 18 wheeler.
Anyway, I could go on and on. Basically, the place blew me away. The highlight for us was getting to walk into the locker rooms and then down onto the field. It was fun.