​In 65 days there will be football at Cowboys Stadium. And it will be before a sold-out crowd.

NFL lockout be damned, LSU and Oregon will play in the Cowboys Classic Sept. 3. With 80,000 tickets already sold, standing-room only seats could go on sale as early as next week.

Without the NFL, the 2011 college football season would take on even more meaning.

Fantasy college football?

Marquee games moved to Sundays?

Some dork's blog commencing weekly college football quarterback rankings?

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You've come a long way, baby.

​Cowboys Stadium hasn't yet officially celebrated its 1st birthday. Yet, by my count, the joint in Arlington has already hosted:

Pro football

College football

High school football

Pro basketball

College basketball

A high-school prom

A high-school graduation

Professional bull riding

International pro soccer

Motorcross

Concerts

American Idol tryouts

I'm sure I'm missing something. But before I can jog my memory too long comes word that Cowboys Stadium will soon host Serena Williams and Andy Roddick playing tennis, more pro soccer and, much bigger of course, the 2010 UIL High School football championship games in classes 3A, 4A and 5A in December.

Oh yeah, and this Saturday 105.3 The Fan is hosting a Father's Day Barbecue on the Star in the $1.4 billion stadium.

Got me to thinking, what's next? What hasn't Cowboys Stadium hosted that you'd like to see?

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​Guess they're testing it for the Texas-North Carolina hoops game Dec.19 at Cowboys Stadium.

Either that, or I'll betcha $1 that Mat McBriar hits JumboJerry Sunday against the San Diego Chargers.

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At least they saved money on a new logo.

​For the first Cotton Bowl at Cowboys Stadium it's going to be ...

Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi.

Wait, haven't we seen Ole Miss in the Cotton Bowl recently? Like, um, last January?

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​Don't really get U2 so I'm not live on the scene in Arlington, but one of my faithful Sportatorium readers sends word (and the above photo) from Cowboys Stadium that U2's monstrosity of a stage wouldn't exactly fit under JumboJerry so it had to be, um, moved to one of the end zones.

Is the thing too big for its own good?

UPDATE: I'm now hearing from folks who spent a pretty penny for tickets and primo views on the 50 who are, shall I say, a tad pissed that the stage was moved. Uh-oh.

UPDATE II: Tony Romo and Jason Witten are in the house.

Somehow seven years ago I didn't forsee 5-star bars equipped with back-lit chandeliers and littered with HDTVs.

​Back in 2002 when I was at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram we first started getting wind that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was toying with the idea of building a new stadium.

"Gather some ideas, solicit some fan feedback and let your imagination run wild," my editor told me at the time. "Let's give readers a picture of what a stadium might look like in the future."

Fun. But fictional.

So how did my vision compare with Jones' reality? Well, I nailed the city (Arlington) - by the way, this is a good read if you've forgotten why the Cowboys aren't in Dallas - got greedy on the price ($2 billion) and the HDTV (200 feet), and whiffed on the name (Tom Landry Stadium).

See for yourself.

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Patrick Michels

Everything's bigger on the Cowboys' new video board. Even Andy Reid.

​The day Jerry Jones introduced the world to his huge new TV screen, gamers wondered what it'd be like to plug in their PlayStation and have a game 90 feet above the Cowboys Stadium field.

Well, wonder no more. While the stadium opened up to season ticket holders for Saturday's open house, Sony and EA hosted 250 lucky gamers in a Madden NFL 2010 tournament (new additions to this year's game, due out next week, include better graphics and a more easily pissed-off Wade Phillips). A few who stuck around also had the chance to go head-to-head with Rocket Ismail.

More details on the event are over at Unfair Park, but you can check out our photos from the tournament in this slideshow.

While watching this tour of Cowboys Stadium, keep reminding yourself that Tashard Choice is third string. Third.

The video, shot after a recent OTA, includes cameos by Marion Barber III, Roy Williams, Jerry Jones and the Jonas Brothers. And it's hosted by the chattiest of Cowboys, who apparently owns a lot of dawgs, man's and boy's on the team.

"Dat's my boy!"

I told you last week Choice was the mouthiest player at minicamp. Have I reminded you that he's third string?

 

Patrick Michels

The Cowboys unveiled their humongous new home in Arlington this week, with owner Jerry Jones delivering a keynote address about how the $1.15 billion stadium is a sign for struggling Americans that times will get better.

Not sure how much of that stadium cost was invested in pyrotechnics, skydivers or marching bands, but Wednesday afternoon had plenty of all of that.

The stadium has already attracted George Strait and Super Bowls and Big 12 football games and NBA All-Star Games and ...

In Dallas we have Trinity River projects (maybe), convention center hotels (why?) and a $50 million renovated Cotton Bowl (hosting only Michael Irvin's reality show).

Call it a push?

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Jerry Jones invited his friends in the media out to the Cowboys' new digs in Arlington yesterday, to show off the enormous new video board that'll hang 90 feet over the field (just 90 feet!).

On the way out to check out the screen, we got to snap some photos inside the new stadium, and you they're all up in our slideshow. After the jump, check out some facts and figures on the new TV screen (don't recommend you try comparing it to your home entertainment system, no matter what the guy at Best Buy sold you).
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