Master Agreement

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Master Agreement
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• The estimated cost to build the Dallas Cowboys
  Complex is approximately 650 million.
• The City will pay half of the cost or 325
  million, whichever is less.
• The project costs include construction, land
  acquisition, infrastructure and related
  development expenditures.

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• The voters will be asked to vote for or against
  the City of Arlington imposing
• A one-half of one percent sales tax increase
• A two percent hotel occupancy tax increase
• A five percent car rental tax increase
• A 10 percent ticket tax and a 3 parking tax

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• The City of Arlington would own the Cowboys
  Complex and the Cowboys would lease it, maintain
  it, and operate it.
• The project area is west of Johnson Creek near
  Ameriquest Field, which is home to the Texas
  Rangers Major League Baseball Team.

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• The Stadium would have a retractable roof, a
  permanent seating capacity of 75,000, and
  function primarily as the home field of the
  Dallas Cowboys.
• The facility would be capable of temporary
  reconfiguration for college football games and
  other types of indoor and outdoor sports and
  entertainment events.

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• The Dallas Cowboys Complex would be the home
  field for the Dallas Cowboys from the 2009
  football season through December 31, 2038.
• This date may be extended for any applicable
  playoff football games in addition to two 10-year
  renewal options.

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• The Dallas Cowboys Complex Football Club will pay
  the City of Arlington a base rent of 2 million
  a year beginning in 2009 and continuing annually
  throughout the term of the Club lease, in
  addition to five percent of certain naming rights
  proceeds up to 500,000 a year.

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• The Dallas Cowboys Football Club directly or
  through other entities affiliated with the Club
  will contribute the sum of 16.5 million to the
  City to benefit the youth of the City for sports,
  recreational and educational purposes. Payments
  of 500,000 shall be made annually beginning on
  October 1, 2006 and on each anniversary date
  through the initial term of the Club Lease.

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Cowboys Complex Development Area
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On the Ballot

• Authorizing the City of Arlington Texas to
  provide for the planning, acquisition,
  establishment, development, construction and
  financing of the Dallas Cowboys Complex
  Development Project within the city and to impose
  a sales and use tax within the city at a rate of
  one-half of a percent (0.5), to impose a tax at
  a rate of five percent (5) on the gross rental
  receipts from the short-term rental in the city
  of motor vehicle, to impose a tax on the
  occupancy of a room in a hotel located within the
  city, at a maximum rate of two percent (2) of
  the price paid for such room, to impose an
  admissions tax on each ticket sold as admission
  to an event
• Cont.

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On the Ballot, cont.

• held at the Dallas Cowboy Complex Development
  Project, at a maximum rate not to exceed ten
  percent (10) of the price of the ticket, and to
  impose a tax on each parked motor vehicle in a
  parking facility of the Dallas Cowboy Complex
  Development Project at a maximum rate not to
  exceed three dollars (3.00) per vehicle.

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The Election

• In order to vote in the November Election,
  Arlington residents must be registered to vote.
  Arlington residents can register to vote in
  person at the City Secretarys Office, First
  Floor of the Arlington Municipal Building at 101
  W. Abram St. The last day to register is Monday,
  October 4.

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Early Voting

• Early Voting begins Monday, October 18.
• The last day to vote early is 7 p.m., October 29.
• To vote early by mail, ballot applications and
  ballots must be sent to
• Early Voting Clerk,
• Elections Administration
• 100 Weatherford St., Room B90
• P.O. Box 961011
• Fort Worth, TX 76161-0011

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Early Voting

• Applications for mail ballots must be received
  by the Early Voting Clerk by October 26, 2004.
  Mail ballots must be received by November 2,
  2004.
• For more information call the Tarrant County
  Voter Registration Office at 817-884-1115.

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• Early Voting Locations and Election day Polling
  Places in the City of Arlington are listed at
• www.ci.arlington.tx.us/citysecretary
• For more information about voting call the City
  Secretarys Office at
• 817-459-6186

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Online Documents

• The Master Agreement, a 28-page document, is
  available on the City of Arlington website at
  www.ci.arlington.tx.us
• Economics and Fiscal Impact Study about the
  Dallas Cowboys Development project prepared by
  Economics Research Associates available at
• www.ci.arlington.tx.us
• For more information
• about these documents,
• call the City of Arlington
• Office of Communication
• at 817-459-6402