A trip around the Copa América 2024 venues: Arlington, Texas

SEATTLE - The city of Arlington, Texas, is renowned around the world for two things: its sports teams and for being the home of the original Six Flags amusement park.

Since 2009, Arlington has been the home to one of the most modern and eye-catching stadiums in the world: the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium. At the time of its construction, the stadium was one of the most expensive buildings of its kind in the entire world, costing more than $1.3 billion.

The AT&T stadium is one of eight Copa América 2024 venues that will also host games for the upcoming 2026 World Cup.

AT&T Stadium Quick Facts

• The stadium was designed to be seen by all air traffic coming in and out of the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. It's so big that it remains visible even from space.
• The 4K video board installed inside the stadium was the largest in the world when it opened, measuring 160 feet by 72 feet at a cost of $40 million.
• The entire Statue of Liberty and its pedestal can almost fit inside the stadium with its roof closed.
• The first sporting event that took place at this venue was actually a soccer game. On July 2009, the stadium hosted two CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal matches.
• The venue can hold more than 100,000 spectators when expanded, making it the largest stadium in the NFL, as well as the largest fully-covered stadium in the world.

It has hosted countless sporting events such as WrestleMania, an NBA All-Star Game, the 2014 national championship game and a great array of soccer matches. Just this year, the stadium was host to the 2024 CONCACAF Nations League final between the United States and Mexico.

"Jerry World" will be one of 14 stadiums that will host three Copa América 2024 games and is one of three venues for the tournament in the state of Texas. Peru and Chile will play the first game there on June 21 while the United States will host Bolivia two days later. The 80,000-seat venue will also host one quarterfinal game.

Demographics

According to the last U.S. Census in 2020, Arlington has a population of almost 400,000 people and is one of the three cities that compose the Dallas-Forth Worth-Arlington metroplex.

Out of the nearly 400,000 people that inhabit the city of Arlington, more than 30% of them are Hispanic/Latino according to the 2020 census.

Other attractions

As mentioned above, the original Six Flags amusement park opened in Arlington. The theme park gets its name for the six different nations that have governed Texas at some point in its history, including Spain, France, Mexico, the Confederacy, the Republic of Texas and the United States.

The Texan city is also the Mecca of international bowling and serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Bowling Congress, the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame and the Bowling International Training and Research Center. The center is equipped with 14 training lanes and uses state-of-the-art robotics and engineering to improve your game, including biomechanical motion tracking, video analysis from robotic cameras, plus foot & grip pressure mapping.