Spectacular stadium, record crowd, unbelievable video board, deafening noise, a sea of silver and blue, and none of it could change the disgust Jerry Jones felt after the Cowboys home-opener loss to the Giants, which dropped the Cowboys to 1-1 and moving the Giants to 2-0 to start the season.

Intricate and fantastic design features have revolutionized the building of sports stadiums all around the world in the 21st century. Extravagant stadiums like the “Bird’s Nest” in Beijing, whose basket-weaved exterior became iconic during the 2008 summer Olympics, or London’s Wembley Stadium “home of soccer in England,” which displays a dramatic 133 meters tall structural-support arch visible from over 13 miles away.