Cotton Bowl Stadium — Attraction in Dallas

This is a great memorable stadium. A blast from the past if you will. The problem is it's just that and outdated. It is way to small for this event. They grew out of it in my opinion hence the ticket price and $13 beer that they ran out of at 1/2. The remodeling created another MAJOR obstacle to deal with. The entry gates were a total failure. Having to cross railroad tracks(which were priority)causing a major pedestrian jam up getting to the entrence of the fair grounds to get to the stadium. Then the obstacles of tables and hords of people just to get to the entry gates of the stadium were laid out by a retard. The game was fun to watch but it was so hot untill the shade hit that we were melting. The lines to get drinks and food were huge with the usual totally disrespectful young crowd that have somehow lost all basic edicate and morals to respect your elders. That was my biggest disappointment of all to be honest. After the game we all went including my 11&12yr old boys to the fair. That was a way way overpriced fair. 1st you have to wait in line to get "coupons"(tickets) to buy anything or play/ride anything. To throw 3 basketballs to win a basketball was $10 or 10 tickets. What a ripoff. The rides were the same. Beer were 10 tickets. Ended up blowing through 300 tickets in 1 hour. Left hungary and tired due few places to sit down a minute to rest. All and all I am glad I gave my 2 boys an experience of a lifetime but would much rather save the thousands spent and watch it from the comfort of my recliner couch and no line to bathroom or food and drink as well as no sweat dripping of every inch of my body for hours. Not to mention the rude youth your forced to deal with the whole time your going and there and leaving. The dedicated fans deserve much much...

This venue is trash. I would give this zero stars. They need to raze it to the ground and start over. We saw Coldplay last night and while the actual show was amazing, it took us 2+hrs to get to our prepaid parking spot. The parking procedure was the most inefficient and convoluted I’ve ever experienced. I’ve seen countless big concerts at historic stadiums (U2 at Arrowhead in Kansas City ‘08; Pearl Jam at Wrigley Field in Chicago ‘16; Michael Jackson at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville ‘84; and Bonnaroo ‘02-04 while not a stadium show but there were well over 100K people all coming in to park and set up camping) and have never seen such logistical incompetence. The signage was poor. The attendants weren’t attentive- in fact, I saw a few just sitting/eating and pointing. Drivers would just randomly stop and turn around causing all sorts of problems. Absolutely nightmare scenario. The disappointment continued once inside the stadium as the lines for the bathroom, food, and drinks were so haphazardly long they impeded our ability to walk the concourse to get to our section. After the show we herded to gate F to exit which unbeknownst to us crammed everyone to a small set of stairs that spilled out onto the street. There were 2 people in wheelchairs that needed assistance to get out. Once inside the crowd it was impossible to get out. Completely unsafe- luckily everyone kept their cool and avoided any panic that could’ve caused a dangerous situation. If you can’t avoid attending a show here, you know, your favorite band of all time comes and you absolutely have to go see them, then please for the love of God, take the train, eat somewhere else, and take...

Disappointed, went for 4th, State Fair was free for viewing fireworks, all but Midway. I paid for myself and children to go into Midway. You must arrive early to do anything lines were very long for food. Close to fireworks time we walked to lawn where we saw others setting up with blankets and chairs to watch. I asked many had they been there before and many said no, so no one really knew if it was the area was set up for viewing, seems a staffer could have alerted us that viewing was better else where etc

I received wristbands, we were told needed to come back in. My daughter wanted a funnel cake so she went back in while we waited. When show started we couldn't see anything everyone headed for entrance to get closer to see fireworks but gate was closed. I walked over to where we came out and was told its exit only. I stated I was told we could use wristband to get back in. Security at gate said they were checking on reason other gate was closed. Bascially a paid participant had to watch on the outside. You still couldn't really see they seemed low. We were finally let back in when fireworks was done and my daughter was still in line. She wanted an hour a funnel cake. This was first time experiencing inside Fair and will probably...