The Texas Stadium in Irving, former home of the Dallas Cowboys, will be imploded this Sunday, with Weir Brothers Inc. of Dallas awarded a $5.8-million contract to carry out the plan outlined by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. of Houston. The Texas Dept. of Transportation signed a $15.4-million lease from Irving for the next 10 years to use the site as a staging area for road and light-rail construction projects. Kraft, meanwhile, meanwhile, has naming rights to the implosion from the Irving City Council. The event will be called a "Cheddar Explosion."
The stadium was completed in 1971 at a cost of $35 million. The team’s new $1-billion-plus home is in Arlington, and features a signature retractable roof designed by Houston-based engineering firm Walter P Moore. The new stadium was built by Manhattan Construction Co. and designed by HKS Inc., both of Dallas, and was completed last year before the start of the 2009 NFL season.