The National Football League has held its scouting combine in Indianapolis every year since 1987. Jerry Jones is hoping the NFL will consider a move to his new jewel training facility in the near future. If you’re unfamiliar of the Cowboy’s future training facility, some info below:
The Cowboys announced a partnership with Baylor Scott & White Health, which is opening a 300,000-square foot facility at The Star, which is scheduled to open as late as January 2018. With an Omni Hotel opening adjacent to The Star and a number of other hotels in the area, plus the medical services that will be available at Baylor Scott & White, there could be enough elements in place to host the combine.
The NFL is currently locked in to hosting the combine in Indianapolis through 2020, so Jones is starting to plant the seed now for a possible relocation to his grand stage for the NFL. There have been very few complaints about Indianapolis as a host city, but that has not stopped Jones from working to begin a campaign to bring the combine to Dallas, just as he is attempting to do with the NFL Draft.
“We have big ambition,” Jones said in a report from The Star-Telegram. “We certainly know that North Texas has a commitment to sports and, in our particular case, the kind of interest its got in football. We will advance our case for any premier opportunity the league has to have it happen in North Texas.”
“Anytime you go after something, you’re optimistic. You’re competitive and you want to win,” Stephen Jones said. “We certainly want to get the Draft and I think we’re certainly going to get our chance to compete for it. Hopefully, as I mentioned, with these two great facilities I like our chances. We’ve got a lot of work to do. It’ll be competitive, but we certainly want to get it.”
