State Fair Of Texas

City Hall Roundup: DallasNow, Paxton Unloads

By Charles Grand / April 20, 2025 /

If anyone’s interested in what’s been going on at Dallas City Hall recently, we’ve got some of that for you this Easter. The biggest news, at least from my perspective, is City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert hitting the pause button on all new real estate acquisitions until new procedures are put in place to better…

Lawmakers: Fair Park Gun Ban is ‘Anything But a Celebration of Texas’

By April Towery / August 14, 2024 /

A shooting at the State Fair of Texas last year prompted a ban on concealed firearms at the fairgrounds, but this year Texas legislators are pushing back against the policy.  Seventy Texas lawmakers signed a letter saying that banning guns makes the South Dallas fairgrounds less safe for visitors. Before the ban, licensed gun owners…

State Fair Strategy Keeps You From Breaking the Bank

By Mimi Perez / October 22, 2022 /

Have a strategy in place before visiting all the vendors at the State Fair of Texas. It just may keep you from breaking the bank.

Reconstructing Fair Park: What We’ve Lost And Why The Ford Building Matters

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 31, 2022 /

By Jay FirschingSenior Associate and Historic Preservation Specialist, Architexas Fair Park was designed primarily for a one-time event, the 1936 Texas Centennial and World’s Fair. Preserving the Art Deco exhibition buildings initially intended to be temporary has been challenging. We have also lost so many structures, such as the Ford Building. Can some of these…

Discover The Art Deco Wonderland of Dallas’ Fair Park on July 30

By Karen Eubank / July 29, 2020 /

Preservation Dallas is presenting their first-ever virtual program tomorrow entitled “Art Deco Architecture in Fair Park,” and it’s a can’t-miss event for anyone who loves history, Dallas, and art. This program is important on multiple levels, not the least of which is the program’s virtual aspect. Our recent unexpected and collective fast-forward into video technology…