Anyone concerned that American excess would be curbed by the recent economic downturn can take heart in Cowboys Stadium, the new Arlington, Texas home of the Dallas Cowboys. Built by billionaire oilman (and Cowboys owner) Jerry Jones for a whopping US $1.12 billion dollars, the stadium is triple the size of the Cowboys’ old home, Texas Stadium, and can hold 100,000 spectators.
“I could have built this for $850 million,” said Jones, ever the showman. “But this was such an opportunity for the ‘wow factor.’”