Last Thursday I got a chance to visit Dallas Cowboys HQ at Frisco Texas in lieu of a UNT social event Stars at Star. Nicholas was my guest for this event. Star is the name of Cowboys's HQ, Stars are selected UNT faculty and the guests of the event.
The Star has a grand atrium which has
beautiful Italian marble floors with engraved names and quotes of Dallas Cowboys players and coaches, hangs artist Leo Villareal LED sculpture titled “Volume Frisco" (2016). This dancing LED display includes more than 19,200 white LED lights embedded in 160, 40-foot-long, stainless steel mirrored rods hanging from the ceiling.
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| LED Sculpture |
On the right hand side of the atrium is the Super Bowl station where Cowboys' past glories are on display on one side - 5 super bowl trophies - the most recent one dated 1995, giant super bowl rings on the otherside . At the end of the station is the Helmet wall - with all 32 NFL teams' helmet hanging on the wall. Paying a bit more attention, I noticed that there were two helmets lit up - Cowboys' and Packers' - the lit helmets are indicative of Cowboys upcoming game - which is, for this Sunday, Green Bay Packers vs. Dallas Cowboys.
The glass wall on north end of the atrium faces Cowboys' full size practice field.
Walking down a stairway, and passing the walk of stars, we arrived at the event venue.
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| Cowboys' Super Bowl Trophies |
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| Helmet Wall - 1 - NFC team helmets |
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| Helmet Wall - 2 - AFC team helmets |
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| outdoor Practice Football field |
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| Star Walk |
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| Cowboys Helmets and Uniforms |
The Stars at Star was a social event to entertain UNT's partners from local communities - companies, government officials and etc. It featured a progressive dinner (a.k.a Buffet type dinner) and a keynote speaker of Charlotte Jones Anderson, Cowboys EVP and chief branding officer, daughter of Dallas Cowboys' owner. It was a great speech about pillars for business success. Our self paced tour of the facility was curtailed at the Cowboys' Hall of Fame - the names pro-bowlers, stories of Super Bowls.
We stepped onto the lit-up practice field before leaving.
As we drove home, a huge yellowish Moon was just above horizon in the eastern sky at the end Warren Parkway, in front of us.
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| Stars at Star |
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| the Featured Speaker |
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| Dallas Cowboys' football field in the dusk |
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| End Zone |
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