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Red River Shootout

The Red River Shootout weekend is held every year in October at the Cotton Bowl during the Texas State Fair. It is a fierce football rivalry between the Texas Longhorns and OU (Oklahoma University) Sooners which began some 99 yrs ago and so much tradition has built up on both sides over the years. There are many who believe that this match is college football’s best and most intense rivalry game and it is certainly one of the longest-running rivalries in college football played on a neutral field. While Texas supporters want the Longhorns to win, Texas retailers hope for an OU win. When that happens, some of the best turnover for the year, occurs over that weekend. Beware of the West End area during celebration times, no matter who wins.

Address: Cotton Bowl, Fair Park, Dallas

Theme: Sports Watching

The Cotton Bowl

The Cotton Bowl was built in 1930 and was the original home to the Dallas Cowboy's. It was chosen as one of six US venues for the World Cup Soccer and played host to international soccer games in 1995 and 1996. Today events include the Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic, the State Fair Classic football game and the Major League Soccer Dallas Burn home games. On an annual basis, the Cotton Bowl is home to the Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl on New Years Day as well as hosting the Red River Shootout between Texas and Oklahoma each September. The stadium holds 72,000.

Address: Fair Park, 2nd Avenue, Dallas

Theme: Other

Arlington - Ameriquest Field Other Venues Review

Formerly known as Arlington Ball Park , Ameriquest Field is the home of the Texas Rangers. This stadium cost $191 million and took 23 months to build, it has a capacity for 49,178 people. There is an infield tarp that is mounted on hydraulic lifts and stored below ground level. Outside the park there is the Rangers Walk of Fame where you can read about each team in franchise history on the brick path beneath them. Inside the park there is a 17,000sqft museum and children’s learning centre and a 4 story office building. The field itself is 22ft below street level so as to avoid summer winds.

Address: 1000 Ballpark Way, Arlington

Theme: Sports Watching

Gerald J Ford Stadium Other Venues Review

Named obviously for Gerald J. Ford was a 1966 SMU graduate and a 1969 SMU Law graduate and donated $20 million towards the stadium. There are 32,000 seats in the stadium with the possibility of being expanded from a horse shoe shape to and oval, providing and additional 13,000 more seats. The design of the stadium looked long term so that it would also be able to hold a regulation soccer field in SMU's hope to host an NCAA Soccer Tournament, or if Dallas was successful, possibly matches in the 2012 Olympics. The stadium is home of the SMU Mustangs.

Address: 5800 Ownby Drive

Directions: On the Campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU)

Theme: Sports Watching

Paul B. Loyd Jr All-Sports Center Other Venues Review

The sports centre is on the northwest corner of the Gerald J. Ford Stadium. The complex was completed in 2000 and has a combined size of 72,000sq ft and named after Paul B. Loyd, Jr. is an SMU alumnus. Loyd was also captain of the Mustangs football team in 1967 when they won the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Equipment: The centre has a sports medicine complex which includes 2 hydrotherapy tanks, numerous rehabilitation stations as well as complete taping and check-up quarters. There is also modern equipment rooms with a state of the art weight room.

The combined cost of the complex was $57 million.

Address: 5800 Ownby Drive

Directions: On the Campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU)

Theme: Sports Watching