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Dallas, my home since 1980. Population just over one million, just about half of the population of the metroplex area of Dallas/Ft Worth. Founded in 1841 with the single log cabin of John Neely Bryan, Dallas has grown the second largest convention business in the nation, is second in the nation for insurance company home offices, and is third as home to "million dollar" companies, a leader in the wholesale business, and the largest banking center in the Southwest. |
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Home to thirty-two wholesale and fashion and home furnishings markets a year at the World Trade Center, Home Furnishings Mart, Trade Mart, Apparel Mart, Menswear Mart, Decorative Center, and INFOMART. |
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The world-reknowned Sixth Floor Exhibit, (my one claim to fame as a credited consultant for ticketing and crowd control), is on the 6th Floor of the Texas School Book Depository, and is a permanent educational exhibit on the life, death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. |
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The Dallas Mavericks and the Dallas Stars play at Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas, the Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium in Irving, and the Texas Rangers play at The Ballpark in Arlington. In the fall each year, The State Fair of Texas comes to Fair Park. |
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Next door to the convention center is Pioneer Plaza, the world's largest bronze monument of seventy longhorn steers being driven by three cowboys on horseback. These are certainly the only cattle that you'll find inside Dallas except during The Fair or an occasional rodeo at Fair Park, but thousands are to be seen just outside the limits of the Metroplex. |
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For the culturally-minded, the Dallas Arts District skirting downtown is the home of the Dallas Symphony at The Meyerson Symphony Center, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Arts District Theatre, and several outdoor performance areas. Just a spit and a holler away is The West End, Dallas' answer to The Wharf in San Francisco--but we don't have a wharf! |
