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[Harry]

Look at the University of Houston, acting all grown up and everything. They are so cute at that age.
UH, long suffering in grand old Robertson Stadium, particularly in recent years when the football team has been, you know, actually good, finally is moving forward on a much ballyhooed stadium plan and its first order of business was to hire Manhattan Construction to manage the project.

Manhattan not only built the Jerry Jones palace in Dallas (Palace in Dallas should be the name, by the way) and the cool new stadium in North Texas (their football team needed that?), they also built Reliant Stadium and the recently opened, totally swank new digs for the Dynamo, BBVA Compass Stadium.

Read more: http://blogs.houston...all_stadium.php

[Harry]

The University of Houston has selected Manhattan Construction Company, which has handled some of the nation's top sports facilities, to build the Cougars' new football stadium.
 
Manhattan Construction Company joins UH's project which also includes PageSoutherlandPage and DLR Group as the architects.
 
"The most valuable thing that we bring to the University of Houston is our experience and our lessons learned from the various sports venues such as Reliant Stadium, Dallas Cowboys, the Apogee Stadium at University of North Texas as well as the Houston Dynamo and BBVA Compass Stadium," said Duane Duffy, Manhattan Construction Company senior vice president-Houston division, in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.
 
Read more: http://www.myfoxhous...n#ixzz20YXLk7UK

[All About UNT]

"Manhattan not only built the Jerry Jones palace in Dallas (Palace in Dallas should be the name, by the way) and the cool new stadium in North Texas (their football team needed that?),"

Why yes....yes we did

[eulessismore]

"Manhattan not only built the Jerry Jones palace in Dallas (Palace in Dallas should be the name, by the way) and the cool new stadium in North Texas (their football team needed that?),"

Why yes....yes we did

It's unfortunate when writers make such a reach trying to say....(something cute?), that they fall on their face before they've gotten past the first paragraph. They should remember that writing is work, and put some effort into it. Heck, we helped get the Houston football program started, back when they didn't have any friends.

Edited by eulessismore, 13 July 2012 - 08:41 PM.

[GrayEagle]

Harry, I'm afraid that Cowboy Stadium would have to be the Palace of Dallas since it misses the Dallas city limits by quite a few miles.

[greenjoe]

I'm glad we could help Houston get their new place started. We sort of showed UH how to take that first step. It's always good when leaders can show newer schools how .

BTW, why not call 'em the Arlington Cowboys or the Tarrant Co Cowboys. They're not only not in Dallas but not even in Dallas County.

The North Texas Cowboys ?

GO MEAN GREEN

[Green2012]

Manhattan did a great job, but they talk and write like Manhattan designed our stadium. HKS designed our stadium. Manhattan was the contractor.

[oldguystudent]

Will the end zone look like a cougar paw?

[NTXCoog]

Will the end zone look like a cougar paw?

We don't have the same architects, just the same construction company.

[UNTLifer]

We don't have the same architects, just the same construction company.

Too bad. I heard they considered making it look like a Cougar's cleavage, but the extra support required was cost prohibitive.

[oldguystudent]

Too bad. I heard they considered making it look like a Cougar's cleavage, but the extra support required was cost prohibitive.

Now that's something I could really get behind!

[TheTastyGreek]

We don't have the same architects, just the same construction company.

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Answer the question, Norm.

[emmitt01]

Now that's something I could really get behind!

Usually the preferred method.

[greenjoe]

The end zone section will look like a high school.

[NTXCoog]

Here's an article from the UH student newspaper about Manhattan Construction with references to their work on Apogee.