On April 11, Texas Stadium’s going to be one great big pile of roof-and-buttress rubble and, to hear the City of Irving tell it, some of the prime real estate the DFW region has to offer.The explosives will take about a minute to detonate, beginning sometime around 6:30 or 7…
In its first year of existence, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington set records for largest attendance at an NFL regular season game and an NBA All-Star Game. Shoot, the pristine building even attracted 40,000 for bull riding. It’s a no-brainer that on May 20 SportsBusiness Journal will award it 2010 Sports Facility…
SMU just released the 2010 football schedule, and, clearly, the Christmas Miracle in Hawaii meant a little something-something when it came to the Worldwide Leader locking down dates. Because the season opens with a September 5 Sunday-afternoon showdown in Lubbock against Texas Tech — the first of two ESPN showcases…
Several Friends of Unfair Park — and AT&T customers — are wondering why in the world they can’t reach out and touch someone this morning using their 3G voice service. Left a few messages for spokespersons at Akard Street HQ, but the company’s Twitter account just posted the answer to…
Today’s the day FOX’s Midland starts shooting in and around Dallas, with (500) Days of Summer’s Marc Webb directing, Up in the Air and Juno’s Eric Steelberg shooting, Jon Voight and David Keith co-starring and In Good Company’s Paul Weitz exec producing. It’s expected to be a quick shoot too…
On his blog this morning, Central Dallas Ministries CEO Larry James breaks some intriguing news: With the assistance of the Embrey Family Foundation, CDM has acquired 3.6 acres on the southeast corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and Interstate 30. I’ve got a call into James to get further details, but…
Would you believe the guy who lost the cornerback battle to Pro Bowler Mike Jenkins? That’s right, Orlando Scandrick. According to the NFL’s performance-based bonus system, Scandrick was the Cowboys’ biggest bang-for-buck player last season. As a 5th-round draft pick who started one game but played primarily on passing downs and…
Hands up, waiting for their turn to talk and asking the woman across the table to speak up a little louder, please, about 20 people gathered at The Generator in Garland on Saturday afternoon to mull over political questions at one of about a dozen local Coffee Party USA kick-off events.Billed as a…
There’s magic in these hits hot off the charts, all charged with original star power — pure power! New, from K-Tel and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, this hit parade of local tax preparers, investment advisers and other no-filing nogoodniks currently serving five to Top 10! The original hits of ’09…
One hundred and fourteen votes. That’s all that kept Clay Jenkins from securing the Democratic nomination for county judge on March 2. Instead, he’ll take on former Dallas City Council member Larry Duncan in the April 13 runoff election to determine Republican Wade Emmert’s opponent in November. Echoing much of…
This got buried beneath the stack of legal docs currently devouring my desk, but I’d just hate it if you missed out on Your Big Break: Spike TV, the network for dudes and Star Wars movie marathons and Entourage reruns, is looking for a couple of broheims to host a…
Manny Pacquiao double-booked himself Saturday night, and while he may have had a bigger audience at Cowboys Stadium for his 12-round decision over Joshua Clottey, he spent more time onstage at his post-fight concert in the Ballpark in Arlington’s Diamond Club.Pacman’s getting mixed reviews in the boxing world (like Gigli,…
It was pitch dark this morning when I woke up. Must be Spring. Spent an hour this morning sweating over a bracket. Must be March. If you want to come have a beer and talk hoops and maybe punch me in the face, I’ll be at area Hooters when the NCAA…
Fair warning: Last time we directed your attention to original photos from the ’36 Texas Centennial Exposition at Fair Park being sold on eBay, the three pack went for a small fortune. Bidding opened at $9.99 and closed at $147.50. Nice work.Now, then, on to the latest find: two separate…
Council’s off this week and next for spring break — which, for Mayor Tom Leppert, includes a trip to D.C. early tomorrow morning to, yet again, ask Washington suits to expedite the stuck-in-a-ditch Trinity River project. After the jump, you’ll find the batch of memos that ushered the council out…
Was way too inebriated busy Saturday night to catch the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. But from what I’m hearing it’s about what I expected: Lotsa style. Zero substance. A crowd of almost 51,000 packed the place, which is another smashing success for Jerry Jones and…
Bad Juju & Other Tales of Madness and Mayhem – book trailer from Bad Juju and Other Tales on Vimeo.I came across the above video this morning. I know well one of its makers (our pal Hal Samples), but not its neo-noir star: Jonathan Woods, a peddler of crime fiction…
When I went out to cover the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, I was also on a fact-finding mission, determined to finally find out exactly what is, or isn’t, under the kilt. The two shots I was able to obtain for our slide show revealed: 50 percent of men…
10. Riding on the Dallas Observer float and catching a marshmallow that was hurled from a good 20 yards away in my mouth has to be in the top five of my all-time proudest athletic achievements. 9. Getting nailed in the chest with a honey bun. Um, not so proud…
For all the talk of Oak Cliff becoming “the city’s new leading edge,” there’s still much work to be done. Jason and Andrea Roberts — organizers of the Oak Cliff Art Crawl, as well as Bike Friendly Oak Cliff and Photopl.us — look around even the Bishop Arts District and…
So much to do this weekend — like, oh, I dunno, that St. Patrick’s Day Parade we co-sponsor. But before you go, here are Angela Hunt’s do’s and don’ts, not only for the parade but the daylong after-party (and after-after-party, and after-after-after-after-party) on Lower Greenville. Do keep in mind, “There…
This morning at the offices of the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee, president and CEO Bill Lively and chairman Roger Staubach announced the state’s decision to reimburse the committee and four cities — Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and Irving — a maximum of $31.2 million for costs associated…
