💣 Texans Stadium DEMOLITION Texas Stadium, the former home of the Dallas Cowboys, was demolished on April 11, 2010, through a controlled implosion that brought down its iconic partial roof and concrete structure in seconds. The stadium had served as the Cowboys’ home from 1971 to 2008 and was known for its unique open-roof design. Its demolition marked the end of an era. A new stadium was already in use by then — AT&T Stadium — which opened in 2009 in a different location, in Arlington, roughly