This is the official website of Arlington, Texas and is designed to be your complete resource guide for planning your vacation, meeting or convention. Arlington, Texas is the new home to the Dallas Cowboys and the $1.15 billion dollar Cowboys Stadium! Centrally-located between Dallas and Fort Worth, Arlington has over forty-five years of family fun and entertainment. Come see why the crowd goes wild! http://www.arlington.org Weekly Traffic Updates in Arlington, Texas http://www.arlington.org/construction/construction_update The Dallas Cowboys signed Pro Bowl linebacker DeMarcus Ware to a 6-year contract extension which will keep him in a Cowboys uniform through the 2015 season. The deal is worth $78 million with $40 million guaranteed. Ware receives $20 million immediately in a signing bonus and another $14 million within the next 12 months. That's a total of $34 million in the first year of the deal. The first 3 years are worth $45 million. The extension is one of the richest for a defensive player in league history. http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/cowboys_football/cowboysnews/cashingin Over the past 15 years with the Rangers, Rudy Jaramillo built his reputation as one of the top hitting coaches in all of baseball. But after turning down a one-year offer to return to the Rangers in 2010, Jaramillo is now a “coaching free agent” and will look to continue his career with a different major league team. The Rangers offer of $545,000 would have kept Jaramillo atop the list of the highest-paid hitting coach in baseball. At age 59, Jaramillo had spent 26 of his 31 seasons in pro baseball with the Rangers organization. http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/rangers_baseball/rangers_news/jaramillo Dallas Cowboys middle linebacker Bradie James, a team captain, isn't trying to set a fashion trend this month. But he's secure enough in his masculinity to wear pink cleats and pink gloves during October. To raise awareness of breast cancer, the NFL is allowing players during October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month to wear pink cleats, gloves, wrist bands, sideline caps and towels. Fighting breast cancer and promoting awareness is a priority for James who lost his mother, Etta, to breast cancer in 2002. "My mom lost her battle with breast cancer, so it's good we can do something like this," said James. "We're just going to honor all the survivors and all the people that lost their battles and promote awareness. Last year, it was just pink wristbands. We didn't get any pink equipment until late. This year, the league has been more proactive. It will be a good month." http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/cowboys_football/cowboysnews/james_mission Outfielder Josh Hamilton will headline the Texas Rangers Baseball Camp on Saturday, November 14th at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington from 9am to 2pm. The camp is for youth ages 10 to 18 and is designed to improve skills through baseball drills and instruction on proper practice techniques, fielding, game situations, hitting, throwing, base running, weight training, flexibility, and team offense and defense. http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/rangers_baseball/rangers_news/hamilton_baseballcamp The Cowboys escaped Kansas City with a 26-20 overtime win versus the Chiefs. To celebrate AFL/NFL Legacy Weekend, both teams wore throwback uniforms, the Chiefs dressed as the 1962 Dallas Texans. The Cowboys won “The Game that Never Was” thanks to wide receiver Miles Austin who set a single-game team record with 250 receiving yards. http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/cowboys_football/photogallery/2009/ he newly-renovated Wingate By Wyndham, off of I-30 and Hwy 360, is located in the heart of the Entertainment District, just minutes from all major attractions and between Dallas and Fort Worth. http://www.arlington.org/accommodations/featured_hotels Dallas Cowboys kicker Nick Folk has teamed-up with a children's charity because the organization's work hits particularly close to home. Nick's little 11-year old cousin, Blake Robinson, suffers from neurofibromatosis, a progressive disorder in which nerve tissue grows tumors. To help Blake and other children affected by the same disease, Nick has joined with the Children's Tumor Foundation for the "Kick for Kids" program. Folk will donate $25 for each extra point and $75 for field goals during the season to the foundation. He will also participate in the October golf tournament at Canyon Creek which benefits the Texas chapter of the CTF. http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/cowboys_football/behindthescenes/myheroes/folk Dallas defeated Carolina 21-7 in the first Cowboys’ regular season win at the new $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/cowboys_football/photogallery/2009/ Former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush and a host of former Dallas Cowboys joined together at Cowboys Stadium on September 21st to announce “SLANT 45”, the largest community-wide service learning project for children in U.S. History. The North Texas Super Bowl 45 Host Committee named their initiative after one of the running plays from the Dallas Cowboys playbook in the 1990’s: Slant 45. Former Cowboys fullback Daryl “Moose” Johnston, the lead blocker on the running play, is leading the way in the program as the Chairman of the SLANT 45 Action Team. http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/cowboys_football/super_bowl_xlv/slant45 When second baseman Ian Kinsler hit a 3-run homer in the 8th inning on September 25th to seal the Rangers’ 8-3 win over the Rays, he also made history. It was Kinsler’s 30th home run of the season which, when added to his total of 30 stolen bases, made him only the third second baseman in Major League Baseball history to total 30-or-more homers and 30-or-more stolen bases in a single season. Alfonso Soriano (Rangers ‘05, Yankees ’02, ‘03) and Brandon Phillips (Reds ‘07) are the only other members of the exclusive 30-30 club among Major League second basemen. “I’d been sitting on 29 for half a month now, and it took a while to get the last one,” noted Kinsler. “Everyone was behind me, wanting me to get it out of the way. It took a little while to get that last one. I wasn’t really pressing because you do the same things at the plate.” http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/rangers_baseball/rangers_news/kinslerclub After a hum-drum first half, the Cowboys played a dominating second half to beat the Panthers 21-7 on Monday Night Football; it was the Cowboys first regular season win at their new $1.2 billion stadium. The Cowboys improved their record to 2-1 while the Panthers fell to 0-3. A Cowboys offense which was missing starting running back Marion Barber (strained quad) managed to rush for more than 200 yards against the Panthers defense. http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/cowboys_football/listing.details.php?category=13979&id=915 Check out the new schedule for next season http://www.arlington.org/sports_recreation/rangers_baseball/2010_schedule/