Cotton Bowl
Dallas, United States
92,100
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Michigan Stadium, 107,600
Cotton Bowl in Dallas is the largest of the 124 listed stadiums that opened in the 1930s. It is also the 4th-oldest (opened 1930) of the 35 stadiums listed for football in the United States on this site.
It was a venue of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The nearest listed stadium is Gerald J. Ford Stadium, 6.8 km away.
- Listed for
- American football and football
- Tenants
- Red River Rivalry, Dallas Trinity FC
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 32.78° N, 96.76° W
Where it stands in the United States
- Michigan Stadium15,500 more107,600
- 5 more listed stadiums
- Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium8,019 more100,119
- Bryant–Denny Stadium7,977 more100,077
- Sanford Stadium933 more93,033
- Cotton Bowl92,100
- Rose Bowl, Pasadena2,398 fewer89,702
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium3,552 fewer88,548
- Jordan–Hare Stadium4,057 fewer88,043
- 296 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 1930
- Owner
- City of Dallas
- Recorded construction cost
- $ 328,200
- Record attendance
- 96,009
- Share of listed capacity in the United States
- 0.8%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2025, more recent than 144 of the other 155 listed stadiums in the United States with such a year
- Compared with the median in the United States
- 2.9 times the median capacity of 31,500 across its 309 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1930s in the United States
- 25 of the 309 listed stadiums, this one included
- Also opened in 1930 in the United States
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Notre Dame Stadium, Amon G. Carter Stadium and 2 more
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Kyle Field, 244 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 1
Chronology
- 1930 Opened
- 1936 Renovated
- 1948 Expanded
- 1949 Expanded
- 1968 Renovated
- 1993 Expanded, Renovated
- 1994 FIFA World Cup venue
- 2008 Expanded, Renovated
- 2024 Renovated
- 2025 Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- Gerald J. Ford Stadium · north33,200 places, opened 20006.8 km
- Choctaw Stadium · west48,114 places, opened 199430.4 km
- Globe Life Field · west40,300 places, opened 202030.5 km
- AT&T Stadium · west80,000 places, opened 200931.3 km
- Amon G. Carter Stadium · west53,294 places, opened 193057.4 km
Source: Wikipedia, Cotton Bowl.