Cowboys Private Club

Private Cowboys Club in Frisco offers VIP access for just a teensy, tiny fee

Cowboys Club membership allows you to watch practice sessions.

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The Dallas Cowboys organization is hawking memberships to the Cowboys Club, a first-of-its-kind private members club set to open in September 2016. The club will be located on the 91-acre "campus" of the new Dallas Cowboys World Corporate Headquarters at The Star in Frisco.

This multi-use event center and training facility is a public-private partnership between the NFL team, Frisco Independent School District, and the City of Frisco.

According to a release, members of the Cowboys Club can expect a country club feel and an exclusive experience with access to bars, dining options, fitness facilities, a terrace, and rooftop pool overlooking the Dallas Cowboys practice fields.

Charlotte Jones Anderson, Dallas Cowboys executive VP, says it's useful for leisure or business, to entertain clients, have family nights, dinner, or get a behind-the-scenes look at the Cowboys' draft picks.

The Cowboys Club will overlook the Dallas Cowboys practice fields in addition to the Ford Center field, where Frisco's eight ISD high schools will play all games. Club members can attend coach, executive, and player chalk talks covering business and football operations such as a breakdown of the team's draft picks.

The venue will feature multiple bar and dining options, including a five-star restaurant — well, they hope it will be five-star, amiright? — as well as a terrace and rooftop pool area where members can dine.

Monthly events will include game nights, whiskey tastings, watch parties, and more.

Memberships start at $350 a month, with a $4,000 entry fee. No biggie. And members get gratis membership to Cowboys Fit, a fitness facility that the club claims will revolutionize the gym experience, developed in partnership with 24-Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov.

There are corporate and private meeting spaces, and last but not least, valet parking. To purchase your membership call 817-892-4400.

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McDonald's News

McDonald's closes 2 CosMc's beverage spinoffs in Dallas-Fort Worth

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After less than a year, McDonald's is cutting back on its CosMc's beverage spinoff, and that includes shutting down locations in Dallas-Fort Worth.

McDonald's introduced the beverage led concept in December 2023, when it opened the first location in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The concept — which seemed to be competing with Swig, the drive-through drink chain from Utah — features coffee, lemonade, slushies, and energy drinks, plus bites such as the Egg McMuffin, hashbrowns, and McPops — like doughnut holes.

They went on to open six more locations, all in Texas: two in San Antonio and four in DFW. Both San Antonio locations still show up on the website as open but two have closed in DFW so far, as follows:

Watauga at 7304 Denton Hwy.
Arlington at Abram's Alley, 300 E. Abram St. #150

Their website currently shows the Dallas location at Campbell Road, which was the original location, as still open, as well as a location in Fort Worth on McPherson Boulevard.

Despite the closures, McDonald's still plans to continue the test in the US for the foreseeable future, a spokesperson says, including opening two new smaller format stores in Texas in 2025.

That includes a location in Allen at 861 W. Stacy Rd.

The plan is to close three of the larger locations that were remodeled into CosMc’s locations — meaning that one of the locations currently still open is due to close.

"Since opening CosMc’s, we have had the benefit of testing out different location sizes and setups – from revamping larger restaurant spaces to building smaller prototype locations that focus more on the drive-thru and digital experience," their statement says. "We learned that the smaller format stores allow us to test new, unique circumstances that are reflective of our customer base. As a result, we will open two new smaller format stores in Texas in 2025, and close three of the larger locations that were remodeled into CosMc’s locations."