Arlington’s turn in the Media Center includes Cowboys Cheerleaders

Eric Zarate
Star-Telegram
02/03/2011

Nolan Ryan was in the Super Bowl Media Center on Thursday, but the biggest draw was a morning appearance by two Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders at the North Texas Host Committee booth.

Carey DePasquale (left in picture) and Brooke Sorenson autographed squad photos and posed for dozens of photos.

“This has been good,” DePasquale said.

She said people have asked about the lack of cheerleaders at the game. Neither the Packers nor the Steelers have professional cheerleading squads.

“They’ve tried to get us in the game,” she said, referring to the Cowboys. “But the NFL just won’t let us. They’ve covered up every star, every Dallas Cowboys logo. We’ll be performing outside before the game.”

The visit was arranged by the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau, which took its turn in the booth after Fort Worth, Dallas and Grapevine had theirs on Wednesday.

“I think we’re rocking the joint,” said Diane Brandon, vice president of marketing and public relations, who also helped CNN land a visit by the cheerleaders.

For the record, Fort Worth brought along Ryan, author Dan Jenkins and celebrity chef Tim Love; Dallas gave away iPads; and Grapevine featured a miniature Cowboys Stadium built out of Legos.

But only Arlington, home of Cowboys Stadium, could bring along a pair of cheerleaders.