{"id":425804,"date":"2026-01-24T16:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/425804\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T16:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:26:26","slug":"connecticut-college-hockey-arena-makes-jerry-jones-look-dumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/425804\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut College Hockey Arena Makes Jerry Jones Look Dumb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"609\" width=\"1083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sacred-heart-hockey-arena-self-darkening-glass-sun-glare-att-stadium-cowboys-jerry-jones.jpg\" alt=\"Sacred Heart Hockey Arena Glass Self-Darkening Sun Glare Cowboys Jerry Jones\" class=\"wp-image-23930489\"  \/>\u00a9 Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images \/ Sacred Heart Athletics<\/p>\n<p>Sacred Heart University has one of the best college hockey arenas in the entire country and it makes Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys look cheap. The sun glare at AT&amp;T Stadium can be prevented.<\/p>\n<p>There is a solution!<\/p>\n<p>The Pioneers installed self-darkening glass on its state-of-the-art facility to avoid the glare on the ice and\/or hardwood. Why would the wealthiest team in the <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NFL<\/a> not do the same?<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys have a sun problem.<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T Stadium is built with the end zones on the east and west sides of the stadium. That becomes a major issue during the late afternoon when the sun starts to set.<\/p>\n<p>There is a large wall of windows on the west side of the stadium, which creates an intense glare.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"609\" width=\"1083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dallas-cowboys-sun-shield-windows-jerry-jones-press-conference.png\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys Sun Shield Curtains\" class=\"wp-image-23572460\"  \/>Getty Image<\/p>\n<p>Not only does the glare have an impact on the viewing experience for fans \u2014 at the game and on TV \u2014 it has an impact on the players. CeeDee Lamb literally dropped a touchdown because of the sun in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He said after the game that he could not see the ball at all.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jerry Jones building a stadium that blinds his own players &amp; causes losses is so on brand <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nb9VK3FbEQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Nb9VK3FbEQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SharpFootball\/status\/1855743322653909416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 10, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Jerry Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/sports\/article\/jerry-jones-response-to-question-about-sun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">got feisty with a reporter<\/a> when he was asked about the infamous glare. The owner of the Cowboys <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/sports\/article\/jerry-jones-response-to-question-about-sun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">refuses to use the curtains at AT&amp;T Stadium (which already exist!!) to block the sun<\/a> even though the use of curtains would block the sun. Blocking the sun would help to minimize the glare. A lack of glare would not prevent his own wide receivers from catching a touchdown pass.<\/p>\n<p>Jones is actively hurting his own team. It\u2019s truly ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>Sacred Heart University installed self-darkening glass.<\/p>\n<p>Not long after Lamb dropped the touchdown, Jones sarcastically quipped about a solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell let\u2019s tear the damn stadium down and build another one? Are you kidding me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That will not be necessary because Sacred Heart University has the solution.<\/p>\n<p>The Martire Family Arena officially opened in 2023 on the campus in Connecticut at a cost of $70 million. It is the premier facility in college hockey.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/martire-family-arena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">122,580-square-foot building<\/a> could not be any nicer.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it is completely surrounded by windows with a great view of the fall foliage in Connecticut, the Martire Family Arena does not have a sun problem like AT&amp;T Stadium. The west-facing wall of windows are able to self-darken to eliminate the glare.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like a transition lens, but for hockey.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Jones may not know this kind of glass exists. Somebody should tell him. The wealthiest team in football has the money to install a new set of self-darkening windows. The glare would no longer be an issue and the solution would not require curtains!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9 Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images \/ Sacred Heart Athletics Sacred Heart University has one of the best college hockey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[377],"tags":[30121,1880,6832,5,8873,1812,52872],"class_list":{"0":"post-425804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-college-basketball","9":"tag-college-hockey","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-jerry-jones","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sacred-heart-pioneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115951015915685756","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}