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Super Bowl May Benefit Dallas More Than City That Built Stadium

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By Darrell Preston and Aaron Kuriloff

February 4, 2011 at 5:01 AM UTC

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and the city of Arlington gave all 135 North Texas cities a gift when they built the $1.2 billion stadium that will host the Super Bowl in two days, said Ross Perot Jr.

“We now have the attention of the world focused on Dallas and Fort Worth,” said Perot, 52, chairman of Hillwood Development Co., a Dallas-based real estate company.