AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, will transform into a polling place on Election Day.
With 50 voting machines, the voting site will be the largest — and undoubtedly one of the most popular — of the nearly 350 vote centers across. This marks the first time the retractable roof stadium — which opened in Arlington in 2009 — will be used as a polling place.said the county is handling the logistics, including voting machinery and set up. The Cowboys are providing space and free parking. Voters will park in lot Silver 5 and enter the stadium through Entry C.
“It should be very efficient for the voter and a smooth voting experience,” Tarrant County Elections Administrator Clint Ludwig said in a statement.Tarrant County allows residents to vote at any polling site in the county, so diehard Dallas Cowboys fans willing to make the drive can vote at the stadium. Only Tarrant County voters can vote at the stadium, though. Sorry, Dallas County voters.
Counties have turned to stadiums and arenas for voting in the past. In 2020, nearly 50 professional stadiums and arenas across the country, including American Airlines Center in Dallas, transformed into sprawling voting sites as elections officials scrambled to find space for social distancing during the pandemic.Sarah Bahari is a trending news reporter. She previously worked as a writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where she covered a bit of everything.
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