{"id":727600,"date":"2026-06-26T17:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/727600\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T17:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:27:11","slug":"att-stadium-used-curtains-to-block-the-sun-for-japan-vs-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/727600\/","title":{"rendered":"AT&#038;T Stadium used curtains to block the sun for Japan vs. Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to the NFL team that plays its home games in AT&amp;T Stadium, Jerry Jones will do nothing to undermine the aesthetic of sunbeams entering the venue.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to hosting a World Cup match there, Jones has no qualms about pulling the curtains shut.<\/p>\n<p>Via the Associated Press, AT&amp;T Stadium <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/att-stadium-curtains-sweden-japan-dallas-cowboys-975dd0c7fc441776cfe6693844dd7887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">used black curtains<\/a> to block the sun during Thursday\u2019s match between Japan and Sweden. It was the first match to involve sunlight entering the glass windows at the western side of the facility.<\/p>\n<p>None of the other matches to be played there are expected to require the curtains. And, once football season rolls around, no curtains will be used for football games.<\/p>\n<p>All because Jones likes how it looks when the sun shines in. <\/p>\n<p>Obviously, it\u2019s how he wanted it. Most stadiums run north and south, so that the players are never looking into the late-afternoon sun. Jones rotated AT&amp;T Stadium by 90 degrees in order to use the sun as an enhancement to the look and feel of games played at that time of day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to the NFL team that plays its home games in AT&amp;T Stadium, Jerry Jones will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-727600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}