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Home to over a million people, Dallas is the leading business and financial center of the southwestern United States, home to scores of the top corporations in America..
Dallas is the 9th largest population center in the country, with more people relocating here each year. The city has more shopping centers per person than any other major U.S. city and 4 times the number of restaurants per person than the city of New York.
Spanning over 380 square miles, the center of Dallas real estate is the city itself. The landscape is rolling prairie, broken by the Trinity River and its tributaries, which are lined with pecan, cottonwood, and oak trees. In the nearby city of Garland stands the largest undisturbed forest of bottomland hardwood trees remaining in the nation at Spring Creek, featuring a dominant over-story of Chinquapin, Bur, and Shumard oaks not known to occur together anywhere else in the world .
Home of the Southwest's largest outdoor spring floral festival, Dallas Blooms, The Dallas Arboretum is a nationally recognized display garden featuring magnificent floral color throughout the year. Over 20,000 azaleas, a Texas Cottage garden, a fern dell and the 21,000 square foot Degolyer Mansion are among the many highlights found on the 66 acre oasis nestled on the shores of White Rock Lake.
The newly completed Nasher Sculpture Center is one of the few institutions in the world devoted to the exhibition, study and preservation of modern sculpture. Envisioned as an urban oasis of art and nature, the Center consists of a 54,000-square-foot building designed by architect Renzo Piano featuring the art collection of philanthropist and collector Ray nasher and his late wife, Patsy, and a two-acre sculpture garden created by landscape architect Peter Walker.
The Film and Video industries are alive and well in Dallas. The Dallas Video Festival is the largest and oldest of its kind in the country, provideing a showcase for new works by national, international, and regional independent video artists. The Deep Ellum Film Festival is Texas' fastest growing film event and premier independent film festival, featuring local, regional, and international works. A major center of film production in Texas and the Southwest, Dallas boasts a strong Film Commision that have brought shows such as "Dallas," "Walker, Texas Ranger," and countless commercial projects to the city. Dallas is also home to The Texas Association of Film/Tape Professionals, one of the largest organizations of its kind in the nation.
Approximately 60 different languages are spoken in the homes of Dallas Public School children.
The new Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail system is the newest and most modern urban transportation system in the United States.
Dallas/Fort Worth has been ranked among the seven most livable urban complexes in the world -- and fastest growing of the top 36 "most livable." Dallas was named the "Best City for Business" by Fortune Magazine in December of 1999.
Direct flight time from DFW to nearly any city in the continental U.S. takes four hours or less. Dallas/Fort Worth DFW) International Airport is the world's third busiest airport handling over 765,000 operations in 2002 and serving over 52 million passengers with an estimated 2,150 daily flights to approximately 160 destinations including 36 international destinations.
There are 50,000 acres of public parks in Dallas and more than 60 lakes within a 100-mile radius of the city.
The Dallas Cowboys have been to the Super Bowl more times than any other National Football League team with eight appearances, and were the first team ever to win five Super Bowl championships.
The Texas Motor Speedway, just northwest of Dallas, is the second-largest sports facility in America and home to NASCAR Winston Cup Racing.
With over 250,000 in attendance yearly, The Mesquite Championship Rodeo is one of the world's best-known rodeos, broadcast on Fox Sports Net.
The Ballpark in Arlington is home to Tte nation's largest art gallery devoted to sports It features original art, lithographs, statues and autographed memorabilia of all sports.
108 golf holes are located on the city's six courses, operated by the City of Dallas.
Some of the information on this page is from the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
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