Job Perks

One of the perks for Miranda's job is that we always get to stand on the sidelines for her school's football games. She is required to be at all of the games to make sure that the students behave and to keep some semblance of order. This week her school played at the new Cowboy's stadium in the Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Football Series. This is a sponsored even where several teams play over the course of a day. We had been to games at the old Texas stadium, but this was the first time that we have been to the swanky new Cowboys stadium.

Miranda and G posing on the way into the stadium.

After taking an elevator ride and walking though the tunnels under the stadium, we finally found our way to the field....we had VIP passes of course. :)
Gavin wasn't sure what to make of this huge building until he saw the giant high def TV hanging from the ceiling. This was his expression for literally 2-3 minutes.
Here was our view of the high def TV from the field. The screen is a 160' x 72'!
That view doesn't really do it justice....Here is a view from the stands where you can see the players underneath. The screen is so huge that 75% of the fans in the stands just watched the TV screen instead of the game that was right in front of them.
This is how Gavin spent most of the afternoon. Chewing on his football, with a constant gaze upward at the electronic wonderfulness.We also walked around a bit. I guess if you pay $90,000 for season tickets to the Cowboys you deserve a nice concession stand and lounge area. Incidentally, there are 3000+ Sony LCD TVs in the stadium, and all the concession stand menu boards are on LCD TVs - talk about a waste of money.
We also visited with some friends. Gavin loves Aunt Glenda....and Aunt Glenda loves Gavin. He's holding on tight.....
Oh yea - there was a football game that was played too. We won! 28 - 7 thanks in part to 21 points off turnovers. The kids played really hard and earned the win this afternoon. I can only imagine what a thrill it was to play a $1.2 billion dollar stadium and have their images and highlights up on the huge screen for everyone in the stadium to see.