Texans know Dallas' Fair Park as the site of the State Fair of Texas, the Cotton Bowl, an outdoor concert venue and a performing arts hall. But outside of those events, what draws visitors to the 277-acre park?
The nonprofit Fair Park First is working to revitalize the park, which would likely have a positive impact on its surrounding neighborhoods. A proposition on the ballot in the November midterms could inject hundreds of millions of dollars into Fair Park.
"To call it a game-changer is a pretty gross understatement," Fair Park First CEO Brian Luallen said. "One, this is by far, the single largest project that's been taken on in modern times. It's the single biggest investment in Fair Park’s history, dating all the way back to the construction."
This week's episode of KRLD's original podcast North Texas Wants to Know explores what a cash infusion could do for Fair Park and dives into the history behind how the city of Dallas used land in predominantly Black neighborhoods to build the park.
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