Masonry Magazine August 1979 Page. 6
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, one of the finest international airports in the world, stands on an 18.000-acre tract between the neighboring cities of Dallas and Fort Worth. A virtually self-contained community all its own, it has been designed to grow to meet travel needs into the next century. Thirteen regular service air carriers provide more than 70.000 available seats daily. The airport has direct single-carrier service to more than 140 cities in the United States and two cities in Canada.
INVITATION TO BIG "D"
Another reason for selecting Dallas is that it now has the Loews Anatole Dallas, one of the most spectacular new hotels in the nation. As a feature-length article in the July, 1979 issue of Masonry described, The Anatole is a showcase of masonry design and construction that will impress both veteran mason contractors and other guests. Opened less than a year ago, it already has drawn raves from travel experts and the news media as a world class hotel.
It is safe to assume why Dallas was chosen as the site for the new Anatole. Although many things heard and said about Texas are cliches, the notion that Texans are friendly people isn't among them. There's an infectious Southwestern charm about the people of Dallas, who take the time to personally greet visitors and make them feel welcome. The rudeness and rip-offs unfortunately found in other so-called "convention" cities are virtually unheard of in the friendly ambience of Dallas.
A visitor to the "City of the Eighties," as Dallas is now being called, will not take long to discover that variety is the spice of the city's entertainment life, whether the choice is a reminder of the past or a sample of the present, an art museum or a professional sport, a stroll down the State Fair Midway or an interlude at a topflight drama theatre.
It is all available in Dallas. And for families, one of the big plusses is the abundance of free or inexpensive entertainment. It is possible to spend several days making the varied rounds of the entertainment spectrum on a very small entertainment budget and a very large excitement quotient.
Entertainment by Day
There is no better example of the year-round entertainment prospects than at Fair Park, home of the State Fair and the Cotton Bowl. Consisting of 200 acres with $50 million worth of permanent facilities just east of downtown, the Fair Park offers:
* Dallas Aquarium, fourth largest in the nation.
* Dallas Garden Center, largest in the U.S.
* Dallas Health and Science Museum, with 115 permanent exhibits.
* Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, with free admission to changing exhibitions of paintings and sculpture.
* Wax World.
* Texas Hall of State, built in 1936 to commemorate the Centennial of Texas Independence.
* Dallas Museum of Natural History.
* Age of Steam Railroad Museum.
* State Fair Midway, with countless carnival rides and an atmosphere all its own.
For the MCAA ladies and others attending the Conference whose ideas of entertainment may be somewhat different, shopping remains a vigorous indoor sport in a wide assortment of downtown shops and neighborhood malls.
Entertainment by Night
When dark envelops Dallas, the city comes alive like a night-blooming flower, with sights and sounds to please every taste and to help you relax and unwind from the busy activities of Conference sessions.
Dallas has been called the "night-clubingest town in the United States," and it wears the title gracefully.