Hours before the 2018 NFL Draft actually starts, football fans converged upon AT&T Stadium for some pre-draft partying, in parking lots and at the sprawling NFL Fan Experience.
Never mind that not a single touchdown will be scored, these football groupies traveled to Arlington over the next three days for a good time.
Take Gilbert Alviderez and Joshua Anguiano, who drove in from El Paso and were tailgating at 8 a.m. Thursday.
They are fans of the San Fransciso 49ers and by 1 p.m. had been joined by at least 100 more — from California, Colorado and Iowa — decked out in red and gold.