It’s been almost two years since State Fair of Texas President Errol McKoy began talking about his plans to take a bite out of Six Flags’ business by erecting his own monster Top of Texas Centennial Tower on the Midway — the first part of plans to turn Fair Park…
10. Can’t believe I just watched Troy Polamalu play like Alan Ball. And James Harrison like Anthony Spencer. I know Harrison had a sack, but for the most part those playmakers were non-factors. 9. Biggest play of the game was Rashard Mendenhall’s fumble at Green Bay’s 36 on the first play…
But for the name of the party at Samuel Lynne Galleries last night — the Super Soiree — you almost wouldn’t know this was Super Bowl weekend. Tough to get away with a name like that any other time. But amid an otherwise empty Design District, there was the valet…
I gotta quit showing up to places where members of the Schlegel family live. It’s bad for my morale. It makes me question whether my hard-working, up-by-their-bootstraps parents couldn’t have just put in a couple extra hours at the office and bought me a 29th floor penthouse at the W…
No doubt you were too busy to attend last night’s Super Bowl shindigs. So once more into the breach — or WireImage, which has invites to all the best parties. Like, once more, the private Audi Forum dinner party at the Rachofsky House, where Glee’s Matthew Morrison found himself amongst…
Those two women above, of course, are Faith Hill and Chrissie Hynde, the latter of whom was my first rock-and-roll crush. That was taken yesterday at the Verizon Theater in Grand Prairie, where, tonight at 9 p.m., the former Audrey Perry and the Great Pretender will perform in front of…
Woke up this morning to find some last-night souvenirs in the in-box — some, from the Audi Forum at the Rachofsky House on Preston and Northwest Highway, which the car-maker’s taken over for the weekend. Looks like quite the guest list: Justin Timberlake, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Hugh Jackman, Matthew…
Earlier today, that Prince concert was called off, with the Goss-Michael Foundation blaming the organizer. Then, an hour later, it was back on.But speaking of T.J., a former classmate just called from the Hotel InterContinental with the breaking news that Prince didn’t show after all. No explanation given. No word…
Here’s something else that got lost in the snowdrift: Earlier today, the Dallas Independent School District send word that come Sunday …Drill teams from Thomas Jefferson and W.T. White high schools will perform during the Super Bowl XLV halftime show, which will feature the Black Eyed Peas as the headlining…
Been meaning to get to this all day; alas, it got buried in the snow, along with everything else. But: Shoulda seen this coming. NBC has yanked the locally shot Chase from its schedule, beginning immediately. Says here it’ll be replaced with Minute to Win It, a reality blah-blah-blah that…
Crawled back out of downtown a few minutes ago just as a “Let’s! Go! Packers!” chant got started on Main Street. We started with a couple beers at City Tavern — where else? — and moved on to Walt Garrison’s Rodeo Bar and later the Magnolia Hotel. Two out of…
The probability that Mayor Tom Leppert finishes his term before launching a U.S. Senate campaign is about the same as Jerry Jones relinquishing his role as general manager. In other words, it ain’t happening. Clearly, Leppert wanted to remain mayor during the Super Bowl — a decision he may be…
Above is the breaking-news piece that just aired on WFAA-Channel 8, concerning those injuries out at Cowboys Stadium. Five people were hurt, and one is in critical condition; all were taken to JPS Hospital. A bird’s-eye view of the stadium provides a good look at where and how the ice…
Below you’ll see that note about Prince’s show at the Hotel InterContinental being called off due to the show’s organizer being unable to “fund and produce the evening.” But seconds ago, this note dropped in the in-box from the Goss-Michael Foundation:Circumstances have changed and TheEvent featuring Prince WILL take place…
No doubt, in coming weeks the Dallas City Council will hold committee briefings during which officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Oncor, Atmos, the Texas Deparment of Transportation, Dallas Area Rapid Transit and various city departments will be asked to explain their responses, for better and worse, to…
First, he was gonna purple reign all over the site formerly known as Reunion Arena; then, earlier this week, it was moved to the Hotel InterContinental. (Better sound — right.) Now, it’s not happening at all. From the Goss-Michael Foundation, this and only this:Statement from Joyce Goss, Executive Director, The…
We know how Sports Illustratred’s Peter King feels about the situation — as opposed to, say, The Situation. Below, a Friend of Unfair Park directs us to a Q&A conducted with ESPN’s beloved Sports Guy, Bill Simmons, in which he provides a Top 10 list of things every city should…
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra was all prepared to spend three days debuting Gamelan D’Drum, the percussion concerto written by Police drummer Stewart Copeland and featuring D’Drum, along with the DSO. But Thursday night’s performance was called off due to ice cutting into rehearsal time, and the DSO just sent word:…
While I was writing the DART item below, about 29 Friends of Unfair Park forwarded along the freshest of hot-off-the-press tweets from Sports Illustrated’s Peter King:I’m telling you: I-30 between Dallas + Fort Worth is a plow-less, snow-windswept moonscape. This is officially a debacle.At this very moment, King and Mike…
Morgan Lyons, director of media relations for Dallas Area Rapid Transit, says this morning that he too is “ready for some warmer weather.” Certainly would take some of the sting out of this morning’s kick to the crotch courtesy The Dallas Morning News’s editorial board, which chastises the transit agency…
On the other side, a Green Bay weatherlady HQ’d at Ice Station Zebra — pardon, downtown Fort Worth — is fed up with this “Wisconsin weather” too, and TxDOT takes us on a command center tour and slippery drive-along in Dallas. But here’s a sneak peek at today’s Martha Stewart…
In case you were wondering, yes, that is the Situation. Richie forwards this photo along from his broadcast table at Radio Row, where he no doubt was comparing abs. Why are we gazing upon the Situation? Well, he’s in town for a “Super Super Weekend Kickoff Party” which began at…
