Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium closes curtains for Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight after NFL players’ glare complaints

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will lastly meet within the boxing ring inside AT&T Stadium, residence of the Dallas Cowboys, Friday night time.

The billion-dollar stadium has been a subject of dialog in latest days after Cowboys star huge receiver CeeDee Lamb had points with the glare from the solar throughout final week’s sport in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles.

The stadium was constructed with giant glass home windows, and its finish zones are located to the east and to the west. The structure usually permits for daylight to shine instantly onto elements of the sphere throughout NFL video games, which might create visibility points.

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The stadium does have curtains, however they don’t seem to be used for Cowboys video games. Nevertheless, the curtains are routinely deployed for live shows and different particular occasions, together with Friday night time’s boxing conflict.

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AT&T Stadium’s verified X account shared photographs of the curtains in place a number of hours earlier than the primary occasion was scheduled to start.

On Nov. 10, Lamb missed a catch when quarterback Cooper Rush threw him the ball and blamed the glare.

Lamb advised reporters he would favor including curtains to the home windows in locations the solar peeks by means of throughout video games. Nevertheless, workforce proprietor Jerry Jones didn’t appear .

Dallas Cowboys huge receiver CeeDee Lamb runs previous a move thrown into the tip zone by quarterback Cooper Rush as Cooper DeJean (33) of the Philadelphia Eagles and Jake Ferguson (87) of the Cowboys look on within the first half in Arlington, Texas, Nov. 10, 2024.  (AP Picture/Jeffrey McWhorter)

“We do know the place the rattling solar’s going to be at our personal stadium,” Jones mentioned, by way of ESPN.

When requested about curtains, Jones replied, “Properly, let’s simply tear the rattling stadium down and construct one other one? You kidding me?”

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The extremely anticipated boxing match between Tyson and Paul was initially scheduled for July 20 in Arlington, Texas. It was postponed after Tyson skilled well being points.

Paul has a 9-1 report with six knockouts throughout his professional profession. He was defeated by Tommy Fury in a cut up choice in 2023. Tyson, as soon as often called “the baddest man on the planet,” has not fought competitively since his TKO loss to Kevin McBride in 2005. He did compete in an exhibition match with Roy Jones Jr. in July 2020.

The bout will stream on Netflix.

Fox Information’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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