The Cotton Bowl is played in the Cotton Bowl Stadium, which is an outdoor stadium located in Dallas, Texas, United States). The stadium was opened in 1930 as Fair Park Stadium and is on the site of the State Fair of Texas, known as Fair Park). The Cotton Bowl Stadium was the longtime home of the annual college football post-season bowl game known as the Cotton Bowl Classic, for which the stadium is named). It also hosts the Red River Showdown, the annual college football game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns). The stadium has a seating capacity of more than 91,000 people and was designated as a State Antiquities Landmark in 1984.