Seven people injured by falling ice at Cowboys Stadium

DALLAS, Texas — Seven people were taken to hospitals Friday after being injured when they were struck by ice falling off the roof of Cowboys Stadium, an National Football League spokesman said.The seven were transported to different hospitals and were all in good condition, said Michael Signora, vice president of football communications for the National Football League.One victim was admitted to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth but hospital spokesperson Diana Carroll declined to give the person's name or condition.The Dallas-Fort Worth area was hammered with back-to-back winter storms this week which brought ice and bone-chilling winds Tuesday then dumped six inches (15 centimeters) of snow overnight on Friday.Signora said a concession tent outside the stadium also was damaged by falling snow and ice but no one was hurt in that incident."The snow on the roof is in the process of being cleared away in preparation for Sunday's Super Bowl," Signora said.The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that six stadium workers were hurt, including one in critical condition.The 1.2 billion dollar stadium, located just outside of Dallas, is where the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers will meet in Super Bowl 45 on Sunday, when more than 100,000 people are expected to converge for the spectacle.Ice and snow have been falling throughout the day from the roof of the stadium, billed as the tallest domed stadium in the world."When the ice falls, it can drop about 75 feet away from the stadium. You can't tell where it is going to hit," Arlington fire spokesman Pete Arevalo told the Star-Telegram."We are not letting anybody around the area until we deem it is safe," said Arevalo.NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said earlier Friday that severe weather would have no impact on the annual football extravaganza."We have had a winter to remember and some say forget and it happened here in north Texas," he told reporters. "But all of our events are going on as scheduled."Organizers are expecting a record Super Bowl crowd, b

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