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Cowboys' Jerry Jones and Roger Staubach put high-rise on Frisco map

Roger Staubach is part of a team bringing the first high-rise tower to Frisco.

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The Star in Frisco has a new residential tower in the wings, a joint venture between Cowboys owner Jerry Jones Sr., former Cowboys player Roger Staubach, and real estate developer Robert Shaw, CEO of Dallas-based Columbus Realty.

The building will be a 17-story luxury residential tower, with approximately 160 apartments, at an average 1,200 square feet per unit.

For the first time, fans will have the chance to live just steps from the home of the Cowboys.

Jones says in a release that "it's good to have Roger back on the Cowboys active roster."

"His tremendous success and experience in commercial real estate brings a world of credibility to this project, and fits what we are doing at The Star from a big picture perspective perfectly," Jones says. "We also know that Robert Shaw, another of our former players, has a unique background specifically with this type of project."

Shaw, who was center on the team, played from 1979-81, during Staubach's reign as quarterback. Shaw says they're building a place for the fans. "It’s more than housing," he says. "It's about the Cowboys fan lifestyle."

The development will be walking distance from the Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters, allowing for the ultimate immersive experience for Dallas Cowboys fans.

The high-rise will have a boutique look and feel. It will mirror the design and aesthetics of The Star and AT&T Stadium. It will serve the needs of those looking for part- or full-time residence, or those just looking to be one step closer to the team.

Residents will receive special benefits and exclusive access to events.

"Residents will be able to benefit from the full Cowboys experience by living next to our world headquarters and interacting with our players, coaches, and executives," Jones says, reiterating this mildly stalky theme. "Everything that goes along with being at The Star — dining, shopping, fitness, sports, entertainment, and medical services — are just steps away."

This will be the first high-rise building for the city of Frisco. Construction is set to break ground in January of 2018, with move-ins beginning in the first quarter of 2019.

If you've forgotten, The Star is the 91-acre campus that hosts the World Headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys. In addition to playing home to the corporate offices and practice facility, The Star features Ford Center, a state-of-the-art, 510,000-square-foot indoor facility that houses a football stadium and will host a variety of events; an entertainment district lined with restaurants and shops; the Omni hotel; a medical center, and more.

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World Cup chief assures Dallas tournament will go on amid global turmoil

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DALLAS (AP) — FIFA's World Cup chief operating officer says the tournament is “too big” to be postponed because of global turmoil caused by the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran.

Speaking Monday at the International Broadcast Center for the 48-nation tournament, which starts June 11, Heimo Schirgi said FIFA continues to closely monitor the Iran war and its fallout.

“If had a crystal ball I could tell you now what is going to happen, but obviously the situation is developing," Schirgi said. “It’s changing day by day and we are monitoring closely. We’re working together with all our federal partners and also our international partners in evaluating the situation, and we basically take it day by day and at some stage we will have a resolution. And the World Cup will go on obviously, right? The World Cup is too big and we hope that everyone can participate that has qualified.”

The tournament, expanded from 32 nations to 48, is scheduled for 11 U.S. venues plus three in Mexico and two in Canada. While the Trump administration has imposed a travel ban on four of the nations that have qualified — Iran, Ivory Coast, Haiti and Senegal — it says it will make an exception for players, team officials and immediate relatives.

Schirgi said FIFA is in constant contact with Iran's soccer federation for updates, but he wouldn't share any details about those conversations.

FIFA officials were in Dallas for the announcement of plans for the city's fan festival that will operate for 34 days during the World Cup and to view construction of the broadcast hub at the downtown convention center — about 20 miles from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, where nine matches will be played.

“Given the state of the world today, this will be a great opportunity to bring everyone together,” Schirgi said. “For you who have not experienced the World Cup, the World Cup is very special because it’s truly global and it brings everybody together. We witnessed that in Qatar, in Russia, everywhere. People were amazed how international this whole thing is.”

Schirgi also addressed FIFA's surprise decision last month to add a 48-hour window for ticket sales. FIFA has been criticized for ticket prices as high as $8,680 for category one seats — the best in the lower bowls — $5,575 for category two and $4,185 for category three. Tickets for the first round range as high as $2,735 for category one, $1,940 for category two and $1,120 for category three.

“It was basically giving an opportunity to fans who have applied and were not successful for tickets in their category to offer them a different category of tickets,” Schirgi said “So if you have applied for a category three ticket for a specific match and you haven’t got it because we don’t have enough category three tickets, we offered those people because they applied early — we said instead of having a category three ticket, would you like a category two ticket?”

After criticism, FIFA said in December it was selling a few hundred $60 tickets for every game to the 48 national federations in the tournament, to be sold to their regularly attending fans.

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