North Dallas truly offers something for everyone. It has an exciting nightlife with fine restaurants, dancing, theater and a daytime ambience that offers convenient shopping for the most sophisticated of tastes and daily domestic necessities. North Dallas brings together a special blend of residential, retail, business and corporate atmospheres to create dynamic and unique communities that bring out the best in each individual.
Dallas has a flair all its own. It has the excitement of a bustling international business city, the serenity of wide-open spaces and a homespun hospitality unique to Texas. It offers a wide range of artistic and cultural experiences, incomparable shopping, and more restaurants per capita than New York City. These features combine to make Dallas the ideal mix of business and pleasure, day and night.
Dallas is a delightful place for sightseeing and recreation during the day. Filled with amusement parks, galleries, museums, performing arts and historic landmarks, Dallas also has an abundance of parks, playgrounds, golf courses and special tours.
For an extra Texan approach, visit one of the many sprawling ranches or exciting rodeos. The Mesquite Rodeo and the famous Southfork Ranch are just a short drive from downtown or North Dallas. Also, be sure to taste the memorable flavor of Mesquite-grilled cuisine at one of the area’s many restaurants and barbeques.
Dallas hosts the largest film production center between Florida and California at the Studios at Las Colinas, where many movies and television shows are produced. Tours of the Studios at Las Colinas highlight an impressive collection of movie and television memorabilia and offer an inside look at how movies are made.
During the night, take your pick of nightclubs, dance spots, theater, sports or concerts. Deep Ellum, Lower Greenville, American Airlines Center, Fair Park Music Hall, Smirnoff Music Center, The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and Reunion Arena provide a constant flow of entertainment for all tastes.
Shopping
Famous for shopping, Dallas boasts some of the nation’s finest stores and specialty spots. Downtown Dallas hosts the historic West End District. The West End Marketplace has something for everyone, with four floors of shopping, entertainment and Dallas Alley, featuring seven nightclubs. Not far from the West End, Deep Ellum is an eclectic collection of shops, restaurants, music and people.
North Dallas opens the door to even more shopping and activities. Three of the largest regional malls in the Metroplex are located in North Dallas: NorthPark Center, Valley View Center and The Galleria. Each mall has a distinct personality and flavor. Other nearby upscale North Dallas shopping options include Collin Creek Mall and The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano and Stonebriar Centre in Frisco.
Dining
With more than 5,000 restaurants, Dallas offers dining to satisfy any appetite. Whether you are seeking a feast for a rowdy celebration, a quiet intimate meal, a taste of Texas or an international dining experience, Dallas restaurants will exceed your expectations.
North Dallas offers the same kind of dining diversity. Many Dallas restaurants have opened a second location in North Dallas and in neighboring Addison to fulfill the culinary requirements of residents and visitors. Beginning in North Dallas and continuing into Addison, the finest in culinary fare and nightlife are represented along Beltline Road.
To help plan your stay, the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau can provide you with an assortment of publications about hotels, dining and nightlife. The Dallas Official Visitors Guide is a complete guide to sights and attractions. If you prefer to walk around the city, the guide has information on underground and skybridge corridors and shops of the central business district. You can also acquire a Dallas calendar of events featuring more than 100 things to do and a map of the city with highlighted points of interest. The Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau can be reached at 214.571.1000, 800.232.5527 or www.visitdallas.com.
Meeting Plannersand Conventioneers
Dallas is among the top five convention host cities in the nation, hosting more than 3,000 meetings, conventions and trade shows each year. Dallas has more destinations via non-stop air service than any other city in America, a delightful collection of business-oriented hotels, and a 1 million-square-foot convention center. Set against the magnificent Dallas skyline, the city offers a wide selection of diverse meeting facilities and venues. Meeting planners will be pleased to find a vast array of local resources and skilled professionals who will help bring your event to life. Dallas provides the latest technology, the newest convention trends, competitive pricing and expert service to ensure your meeting is a smooth success.
Landmarks and Points of Interest
North Dallas
Dallas Memorial Center For Holocaust Studies features a meaningful exhibit of photographs, artifacts and documentary films depicting the Holocaust and Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust. The research library includes a collection of videotapes of stories from local Holocaust survivors.
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is the largest and most well-known university in North Dallas and offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. For art enthusiasts, the Meadows Museum is the centerpiece of SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, which houses the most significant collection of Spanish art outside of Spain.
The Frontiers of Flight Museum, located at Dallas Love Field, offers visitors a chance to relive the history of aviation amidst one of the world’s finest collections of artifacts, scale models, photographs and other exciting memorabilia.
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum, located on the grounds of Addison Airport, offers warbird rides in either the N2S-4 Stearman or the AT-6 Texan. The museum collects, maintains and flies an extensive collection of aircraft while also housing artwork and artifacts spanning the time period from World War I through the Vietnam conflict.
The Mary Kay Museum in Addison offers a look into the history of cosmetics and provides details of founder Mary Kay Ash’s life, including how she built a company that manufactures more than 200 facial skin care, nail care, body care, men’s skin care and sun protection products; fragrances; color cosmetics and nutritional supplements.
Downtown Dallas
Dallas County Historical Plaza is marked by several historical buildings and monuments, including The Old Red Courthouse, John Neely Bryan Cabin and the President John F. Kennedy Memorial. Other downtown points of interest include the Dealey Plaza, Sixth Floor Museum and the Dallas Arts District, the largest urban cultural district in the nation.
The Dallas Arts District is home to the Meyerson Symphony Center, The Annette Strauss Artist Square, The Dallas Museum of Art, the Arts District Theater, Nasher Sculpture Center and The Crow Collection of Asian Art. The Latino Cultural Center and Freedman’s Cemetery are just east and north of downtown, respectively.
Fair Park
The annual State of Fair of Texas is held at Fair Park. The fair runs from September to October. There are several year-round attractions, including the Women’s Museum, the African American Museum, Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park and The Science Place.
