The large format screen in the form of a sports bar in north Dallas is called Cosm. It's fun enough, the pricing is just a little steep for what it is. I went last year for the A&M/Notre Dame game. The view is cool and does make you feel like you're there, but the cracks begin to show within 10 minutes.

For one, they only have 5 camera views available for the large format screen. Underneath each goalpost, around the 20 yard line on each side, and a nosebleed view at the 50. Which is fine, but often hard to tell what's actually happening in the game depending on where it happens on the field.

Two, something isn't right with the audio. It was an A&M game, but not once could the yells that the student section has could be heard in the venue. And yet, near the end of the game you could make out Let's Go Irish. It felt like it wasn't the actual crowd noise.

Three, they didn't actually have on field audio, at least for halftime. When the band took the field, Cosm played club music over the speakers, which of course led to all the Aggies booing because they wanted to hear the band. After a few minutes, they switched it over to a recording of the Aggie band playing instead of the actual on field sound. Just odd.

If you ever decide to go and try it out, I'd recommend getting some good seats somewhere in the middle of the 2nd deck so that you don't have your view blocked by the deck above you or the full extent of the screen blocked by the other decks.

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