ARLINGTON, Texas– The roofing system is actually falling on the Dallas Cowboys. A piece of the AT&T Stadium roofing fell onto the field prior to the Cowboys' Monday night face-off versus the Houston Texans that ended in a 34-10 defeat.
Particularly, a big piece of metal fell from the ceiling approximately 2 hours prior to kickoff as the retractable roofing system was opening. No one was hurt.
“You had wind gusts a lot all day, and obviously did a lot a damage and after that when we attempted to open it up, the winds got below the roofing system at that time,” Cowboys owner and basic supervisor Jerry Jones stated postgame. “Everybody concurred that it did some damage, however you inspect around Dallas had wind gusts all afternoon. … We knew it when we were opening the doors a couple of hours before the video game and had a strategy that minute to not open the roofing system.”
“We can verify a piece of metal came loose and fell on the field (with some extra little particles) while the roofing remained in the procedure of opening,” the Cowboys stated in a declaration pregame. “There were no injuries. It is being evaluated even more, and a choice relating to the capability to re-open the roofing securely will be made when possible.”
Jones declared the problem is certainly fixable which he had not yet spoken with anybody who needed to lack the method of any particles from the roofing system pieces falling.
“It's fixable, however we didn't have, it wasn't the scenario or time or otherwise to do it this evening,” Jones stated. “There was no threat at all to anybody on the field playing when we shut the roofing. … we opened and shut the door [the roof] before any fans or anyone remained in there. I believe it's 4 hours previously. The factor they do is to ensure whatever is working and to prevent those type of dangers if there's any fans or anyone therein. That's what took place, and it worked. They informed us to essentially, most likely do not unlock [the roof]The piece obviously was loose from the heavy winds that were out here throughout the day. … We open and shut those roofing systems, doors. We do that a number of times throughout the week before we got to a point where we're really going to utilize them with any fans or anyone around are affected by it.”
There was likewise another loose piece of the roofing system held up high that didn't be up to the field.
“They [the NFL] would not have actually done this video game or began this video game had actually there been any threat at all,” Jones stated. “The NFL would not, however I would not if there was any threat at all. There was no threat at all when we began this video game.”
This was the very first time the Cowboys had actually attempted to open the roofing for a video game because Week 8 of the 2022 season versus the Chicago Bears.
