A proposed agreement to extend the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 partnership with the city of Arlington through 2055 is being pitched as a major investment in the city, with more than $1 billion in planned upgrades and no new taxes.<\/p>\n
Arlington Mayor Jim Ross said the extension would continue a long-standing relationship with the team while improving infrastructure around the stadium and surrounding area.<\/p>\n
Ross emphasized the opportunity tied to the proposal saying \u201can opportunity has come up to extend our relationship with the Cowboys and that’s what we’re looking to do here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The proposal includes more than $1 billion in upgrades focused on security improvements, traffic flow, pedestrian safety and overall event operations.<\/p>\n
Under the plan, the Cowboys, described as the world\u2019s most valuable sports franchise, would invest $750 million, while the city of Arlington would contribute $273 million.<\/p>\n
City leaders say the agreement would not create any new taxes. Instead, it would extend a half-cent sales tax that voters approved in 2004 to help bring the Cowboys from Irving to Arlington five years later.<\/p>\n
In a statement to NBC 5, the Cowboys highlighted the history of the partnership and their vision moving forward: <\/p>\n
“The long, impactful partnership we\u2019ve had with the city of Arlington represents the fulfillment of a mutual vision we had years ago\u2026the proposed extension is a reflection of our continued trust, collaboration and proactive approach to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not all city leaders are fully on board without additional public input.<\/p>\n
Council member Bowie Hogg said he supports the project but wants to explore whether voters should weigh in.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the Cowboys stadium extension is a good project, its just how we get to a yes,\u201d said Hogg. “We should consider is that an option to go to the voters and allow the taxpayers to have the decision.”<\/p>\n
Ross, however, maintains the proposal aligns with previous voter approval.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is well within the confines of voter approval. And I’m happy that we get the opportunity to do this,\u201d said Ross.<\/p>\n
The Arlington City Council is expected to make its first decision on the proposal next Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Council members may also consider requesting an opinion from the Texas Attorney General on whether voter approval is required.<\/p>\n
This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC DFW. AI tools helped convert the story into a digital article, and an NBC DFW journalist edited it again before publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A proposed agreement to extend the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 partnership with the city of Arlington through 2055 is being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[6784,230,229,257,2461,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-868058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-cowboys","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys","12":"tag-dallascowboys","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116417299785476006","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}