Football Season Begins

As a fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, I always enjoy seeing Dallas get embarrassed.

The Dallas Cowboys opened their new, $1 billion stadium on Sunday night. In an attempt to set the NFL record for attendance (which they did by packing more than 105,000 people into the place), the Cowboys sold thousands of $29 "Party-pass" tickets for standing room only. Most of this standing room was located on decks behind the end zones, but apparently a good amount of fans were forced to watch the game from outside on giant TVs. Says the Dallas News:

"...many fans didn't realize that their tickets did not guarantee them space inside the stadium walls. Those Party Passes only assured them access to the 7 acres of plazas just outside the end zone doors. "

So rather than staying home, where they could have watched the games for free on television, those fans spent almost thirty bucks to watch the games at the stadium on television. Oh, and pay stadium prices for concessions (which, in Daalas, includes $90 pizza, and $66 12-packs of beer, as I wrote about before).

Understandably, some fans who bought the "party-passes" simply left and went home.

Adding insult to injury, Dallas lost the game to the rival New York Giants, 33-31.