A Sports Tour of Dallas
Dallas’ major sports venues host some of the country’s most passionate hometown crowds and are must-sees for visiting sports fans. Once you arrive via DFW or Love Field airport, pick your favorite arena, tour a kitschy museum, and hit up a great sports bar while you’re in town.
The American Airlines Center
This massive Victory Park edifice is home to the NHL’s Dallas Stars, Arena Football club the Dallas Desperados, and most notably the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Its grounds include an open-air plaza with an immense HD screen for game and movie viewing, and in its off season it hosts countless performers on their arena tours.
Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
Absorb some local flavor by browsing this museum’s various inductees. Among the chosen ones are bull riders, calf ropers, steer wrestlers, rodeo clowns, and even the odd cowgirl. Other exhibits showcase covered wagons and Justin boots, and visitors can pose for a costumed, Old West-style saloon photo in the Jersey Lilly Photo Parlor.
Cowboy Stadium
You already know how you feel about the Dallas Cowboys, but your trip wouldn’t be complete without a visit to their new iconic arena. Come see what $1.8 billion can buy these days…hint: seating for 100,000, large video screens, and a sophisticated retractable roof. See the Cowboys in action or catch an off-season event.
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
The former Ameriquest Field is a design hodgepodge, compiling architectural elements of Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, Camden Yards, and Ebbets Field. “The Ballpark” is set to have a new Arlington neighbor in the new Cowboys’ Stadium, so sports fans will be able to visit both of metro Dallas’ favorite venues in one trip.
Ten Sports Grill
Dallas’ most famous sports bar is a haunt for many local athletes; patrons have gotten pictures with the likes of Steve Nash and Charles Barkley. The bar’s especially close to the American Airlines Center, so it’s a good choice for a pre- or post- game brew. If you don’t have tickets for an event, it’s an ideal venue for spectatorship: the bar boasts ten HD TVs, large projection screen, and free in-booth speakers for audible play-by-plays.
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