Overview
- Fans at AT&T Stadium loudly booed Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when his image appeared on the stadium video board during the Spain–France semifinal on Tuesday, July 14.
- Broadcasters FOX and ITV quickly clarified that the jeers were aimed at Jones and not FIFA president Gianni Infantino after the global feed showed Infantino at the same moment.
- FIFA had taken operational control of the venue for the World Cup, installing temporary measures such as west-end curtains and using Jones’s 50-yard-line suite for VIPs.
- The tournament brought temporary natural grass grown in Colorado to AT&T Stadium, but Jones has said the Cowboys will replace it with artificial turf when the site returns to regular team use.
- The incident underscored broader fan dissatisfaction with Jones’s hands-on ownership and comes as the stadium, which hosted nine World Cup matches after a major $350 million upgrade, begins restoring Cowboys branding and normal operations.