Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders On Hand For U.S. Women’s Open Bowling Championship

Rolling a strike in Cowboys Stadium
By Danny Woodward
July 1, 2011
ESPN

EXCERPT:
Although bowling may be a new spectacle at Cowboys Stadium, the venue has fielded much more than football. It hosted an NCAA men’s basketball game between North Carolina and Texas in 2009, and the 2010 NBA All-Star Game there attracted a record crowd of 108,731. Manny Pacqiuao beat both Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito there, drawing 40,000 fans to each bout. More than 82,000 fans watched Mexico defeat Haiti during the 2009 Gold Cup, one of the best-attended soccer matches in the United States. Cowboys Stadium has hosted monster trucks, motocross, bull riding, yoga and even Zumba classes. And Cowboys spokesman Brett Daniels said there’s talk of swimming, tennis and hockey coming to the venue soon.

“We’re always open to anything, and anyone that wants to bring us an idea, we’re willing to listen,” Daniels said. “I talked to some folks over in Europe this week who wanted to learn about bowling in our building. We’ve tried to create the biggest stage for anyone and everyone to put on an event, and this is just another opportunity to showcase bowling on the grandest stage.”

Complete with cheerleaders. Yep. For women’s bowling.

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders performed twice during breaks between the strikes and spares.

“I’ve been around the world at many different events, but I have never experienced a bowling event,” said Sydney Durso, who’s in her fourth year as a Cowboys cheerleader. “This is awesome. It’s certainly something new. When we were practicing earlier, there were bowling balls rolling all around us; we were dancing, and we could hear it when the pins would crash. That was new … and really interesting.”

Photos below from Dallas News