George Strait brought along Lee Ann Womack, Blake Shelton, and Reba McEntire. As Blake Shelton took the stage in the $1.15 billion venue he said, "We're the luckiest people in the United States of America. We get to watch the king and queen of country music in this place tonight. And it just so happens to be in the grand opening of the new Cowboys Stadium...I'll drink to that."

As King George took the stage in front of a home state crowd of 60,188, he said, "Whoo! I am so honoured to be here, I can't even tell you how much. I mean, I can say I've done a lot of things in my career and had a lot of fun. This is right up there at the top of anything I've ever done before because I'm such a big Dallas Cowboys fan."

The Associated Press reports:
The biggest cheers, though, came about a half-hour into Strait's act. "I just remembered something," he said. "Isn't this roof supposed to open? We want it open, don't we?" He then asked the crowd to chant, "Jerry, open the roof!" With thousands of camera flashes going off, the retractable roof peeled back for the first time as Strait played, "(If It Wasn't For) Texas." He got in two more songs by the time the 12-minute retraction was finished. It's not a complete open-air top. In fact, it evokes the same "hole in the roof" feeling of Texas Stadium, the team's previous home.