Cowboys Love Them Wide Open Spaces

We mentioned this in morning blogdome, but felt that it needed to be expanded. See what I did there? Scientists estimate that sometime in the future, perhaps a hundred years from now, the typical human ass will be wider than a Subaru Outback. In Texas, they're already getting close. As workers begin installing seats in the new Texas Stadium, it was revealed that they will be on average two inches wider than the seats in the old stadium. No word on if the toilet seats will be larger.

The seats, manufactured in Melbourne, Australia, are similar to ones at Qwest Field in Seattle and Soldier Field in Chicago. Camatic Seating also constructed the seats for Atlanta’s Turner Field when it originally opened for the 1996 Summer Olympics. All the seats at the new stadium are between 19 and 20½ inches wide compared to the 17- and 18-inch wide seats at Texas Stadium.

The next step — expandable and retractable seats, so that, say, Dale Gribble could comfortably sit next to Peter Griffin. Make it happen, New York Mets. Longtime Ticket Holders Test 1st Dallas Cowboys Stadium Seats [The Sporting Blog]