While Dallas and Houston were squaring off on Monday Night Football, the Cowboys confirmed high wind bursts and the opening of the roof contributed to a metal sheet falling onto the field.
Although weather conditions were ideal at the time, heavy wind gusts earlier in the day had loosened debris as well as two pieces of sheet metal. When the roof was opened, those pieces fell.
ARLINGTON, Texas – A sheet of metal from the top of AT ... no one was hurt by the falling metal. The piece of metal was from a covering lid to a cable tray near the top of the stadium, the ...
The falling metal mishap is another notable incident for the iconic stadium. In 2011 ahead of Super Bowl 45, six workers were injured when sheets of ice and snow fell from the stadium roof during ...