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Downtown is the capital of fun in North Texas
and a key factor in the Dallas-Fort Worth hospitality industry.
It is home to:
- Over 5,400 hotel rooms, 11% of the city’s hotel inventory.
Downtown hotels are:
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Adam's Mark Hotel-Dallas |
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Hotel Adolphus |
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AmeriSuites West End |
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Aristocrat |
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Fairmont Hotel |
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Hampton Inn |
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Hyatt Regency Dallas |
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Hotel Lawrence |
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Magnolia Dallas |
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Westin City Center |
- Many of the area’s most popular attractions such
as:
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Raymond and Patsy Nasher
Sculpture Center, a $70 million facility that opened
in October 2003 to house the internationally acclaimed
Nasher collection |
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Dallas World Aquarium,
whose 200,000-gallon freshwater tank is the world’s
largest |
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Dallas Farmers Market,
which draws 5 million visitors annually and is one
of the country’s largest open-air markets |
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Pioneer Plaza, the world’s
largest bronze monument, featuring a larger-than-life
cattle drive in a natural setting |
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Trammell and Margaret
Crow Collection of Asian Art, the only Asian art
museum in the Southwest |
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Dallas Museum of Art,
which boasts one of the largest collections of post-1945
art in the Southwest |
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J. Erik Jonsson Central
Library, which contains one of the nation’s
largest genealogical collections and permanent displays
of an original copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
printed July 4, 1776 |
- Over 200 special events are held Downtown each year and are attended by nearly 2
million spectators. Annual events that draw more than 20,000
visitors are:
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Neiman Marcus/Adolphus/Children’s
Parade - December, attendance: 400,000 |
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Taste of Dallas - July, attendance:
300,000 |
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St. Patrick's Day Parade - March, attendance: 30,000 |
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Turkey Trot - November - attendance: 25,000 |
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Out to Lunch - May, June, Sept., Oct. - attendance - 50,000 |
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Downtown Round Up - september - attendance - 50,000 |
- The Dallas Convention Center, which is used by 3.8 million
people annually, boasts over one million square feet
of exhibit space and the world’s largest (203,000 square
feet) singular column-free exhibit hall. In 2005, the Dallas
Convention Center hosted 7 of the area’s 13 largest
conventions and half of the 8 largest trade shows.
DOWNTOWNDALLAS
1412 Main, Suite 2500
Dallas, TX 75202
info@downtowndallas.org
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