re: What teams screwed up when they built a new stadium?

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Most football fields in the NFL are oriented north to south so that players will not be hindered by sunlight, but there is not a rule that makes the fields run north to south.

There are a few stadiums, such as the ATT stadium, that run east to west. The NFL has no official stance on whether stadiums should be oriented north to south or east to west

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Yes, the sun has a chance to become a storyline again at AT&T Stadium. The $1.2 billion stadium was built the wrong direction — east-west instead of north-south — and the sun setting during afternoon games has caused headaches for receivers ever since.
The sun beams through the west windows every afternoon game.

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Jones said the organization took the stadium direction into account when designing and constructing it. Even though most venues around the league are built north-south, the Cowboys opted for east-west.
“We thought about that all the time,” Jones said. “You’ve also got to think about the land and you’ve got to think about the best way to set the stadium. So, there’s nothing that doesn’t have many things to think about as opposed to it

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The Cowboys built Jerry World East and West, nearly every other stadium in the US is built North/South. So every time we have a 3:30 pm home game by the third qtr you have the sun shinning through the giant windows onto the field. It has had an effect on several games.

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They wanted to build it north-south, but couldn’t because of the prevailing wind patterns of the area. It would be a wind tunnel if aligned N-S with the current stadium design.

There are many stadiums not N-S. For example of the old Pac-8 schools, Husky Stadium, Autzen Stadium, Martin Stadium, and LA Memorial Coliseum are all E-W, while Reser Stadium, Stanford Stadium, and Cal Memorial are set NW-SE. Only the Rose Bowl is N-S of those 8 schools.