This Week's Hot Headlines

New fresh-food market sprouts in this week's 5 hottest Dallas headlines

Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines.

1. Sprouts Farmers Market to open new store east of Dallas in Mesquite. Healthy supermarket chain Sprouts Farmers Market is opening a new location in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, this one to the east. The company will open a store in Mesquite in a center just east of Town East Mall off 635.

2. Dallas Zoo reveals real reason deceased baby giraffe was anesthetized. The Dallas Zoo has revealed that the baby giraffe who died suddenly on June 17 was being prepared for transfer to another zoo. Witten, a 1-year-old giraffe, died during a physical exam under anesthesia when he suddenly stopped breathing.

3. Dallas location of iconic Hard Rock Cafe is set to pull the plug. The Dallas location of the Hard Rock Cafe is closing, having reached the end of its 10-year lease. According to WFAA, the restaurant-bar located in Victory Park will close on July 31.

4. Texas-based Whataburger sells to new owner amid expansion plans. After 69 years as a family business, Whataburger has a new owner. In a June 14 release, the beloved San Antonio-based fast-food chain announced that Chicago’s BDT Capital Partners had acquired a majority interest in the company.

5. Heavily armed man killed after firing on downtown Dallas building. A 22-year-old Dallas man was killed on June 17 during an armed attack in downtown Dallas. According to a statement from the FBI, Brian Isaack Clyde opened fire on the Earle Cabell Federal building and was shot dead by law enforcement officers.

The chain is noted for healthy food at more affordable prices.

Photo courtesy of Sprouts Farmers Market

The chain is noted for healthy food at more affordable prices.

RIP, Dallas Stadium

Jerry Jones wastes no time restoring AT&T Stadium after World Cup

Photo courtesy of AT&T Stadium

undefined

Jerry Jones didn't waste any time starting to get his stadium signage back when the World Cup was finished at the home of his Dallas Cowboys.

The high-profile owner of the NFL's Cowboys had to surrender AT&T Stadium in Arlington to FIFA for the tournament-high nine matches held under the giant video board and retractable roof. It was renamed Dallas Stadium for a month — even on Google maps.

Since none of the primary sponsors of the Cowboys matched those of the governing body of the World Cup, coverings were put over the large letters and logos on the roof and the smaller “AT&T Stadium” signs above the giant sliding glass doors on each end of the stadium.

Less than three hours after Spain beat France 2-0 in the semifinals on Tuesday, July 14 in the final match in Texas, the Cowboys sent an email announcing a photo opportunity for 7 am Wednesday. That's when workers were set to begin removing the coverings. The same email was sent again early Wednesday morning.

While the process was expected to take a few days, the large stadium name on one side of the roof was completely uncovered well before noon. Workers also were removing World Cup and FIFA banners that were on temporary fencing around the perimeter of the stadium.

Jones was a pioneer for radical changes in sponsorships in the NFL. When he bought the Cowboys in 1989, NFL teams shared almost all sponsorship money.

Six years later, the NFL and Jones sued each other as he fought for the right to strike his own sponsorship deals. Jones famously showed up on the field before a Monday night game with Nike CEO Phil Knight after reaching a deal with that shoe company when the NFL's shoe sponsor was Reebok.

There were plenty of coverings inside AT&T Stadium for the World Cup, including over signs for Pepsi, Dr Pepper and Ford.

arlington att stadium cowboys dallas cowboys fifa world cup fifa world cup 2026 jerry jones world cup