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There's something new to see every day at one of Dallas's hundreds of live entertainmentvenues. Right now, you've got to check out these hotDallas eventsand take the time to see the Dallas Cowboys.If Footballisn't your thing, then mosey down to the American Airlines Center and see a great Dallas Mavericksbasketball game.

Music in Dallas is a tradition, and many superstars have played the city. Top rockersperforming in Dallas include Jimmy Buffett,Linkin Park,Rascal Flatts,and BB King.

When in Dallas, you simply must see the Dallas World Aquarium. The main attractionis a 22,000-gallon tunnel with a technicolor exhibition of living underwater reeflife featuring a tremendous variety of fish in all their natural splendor. Thispopular Dallas tourist attraction promotes environmental awareness in the young,with a preservation program for young green sea turtles.

For those who like their history, Dallas is packed with sites and scenes where pivotalevents in America's story were acted out. There is one particular site to whichmany Dallas tourists flock, namely the location of the still-unsolved assassinationof John F. Kennedy. On the sixth floor of the former Texas School Book Depositoryfrom which Lee Harvey Oswald fired those shots in 1963, this specialty museum tracksthe life and death of President John F. Kennedy. Complete with myriad exhibits andstories, you will not be disappointed if this is the type of Dallas attraction youare looking for.

Other historically themed Dallas attractions include "Dallas Heritage Village atOld City Park." This is a truly amazing reconstruction of a former way of life whichtourists in Dallas can visit and be awestruck by. The city's oldest park, the areais full of lush gardens with recreated Victorian landscaping and architecture. Closeto downtown, the 13 acres of sprawling greenspace is studded with an eclectic suiteof Victorian-era homes and shops, each one authentic and alive. Each building containsmodels engaging in the tasks of their day, such as weaving, cooking, blacksmithingand other assorted livelihoods of the Victorian era. The park is a giant historymuseum and remains under the guidance of the Dallas County Heritage Society. Thesociety hosts Dallas events year-round, such as the annual Candlelight Country Fairand an Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration. This wonderful monument to a wayof life now long gone is not to be missed by those seeking culture and history ona visit to Dallas.

For those who prefer life in the fast lane, the Deep Ellum ("Deep Elm") sectionof Dallas is the place to be. A 170-acre area of Manhattan-style lofts, nightclubs,one-off restaurants, and groovy bars, Deep Ellum offers a sensational late-nighttreat to young revellers who don't want to sleep. The area is named for it rootsat Deep Elm Street, east of the center of Dallas. Beginning in 1920, Deep Ellumwas rightly considered the prime jazz and blues hotbed of the Southern States. Worldfamous jazz and blues artists such as Robert Johnson and Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetterplayed in Deep Ellum clubs like The Harlem and The Palace. Today, the area enjoysa huge amount of recognition as one of the prime sites for innovative undergroundculture in the nation, and its former image as a place where pickpockets, card sharps,and crap shooters met for skullduggery has boosted its credibility as a place forhip young people to party.

If you're traveling into Dallas for the first time, check out this quick overview of tourism and transportation in the Big D.

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Dallas is renowned for barbecue, authentic Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine. Famous productsof the Dallas culinary scene include the frozen margarita and the restaurants LaCalle Doce, Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse, El Fenix, Mi Cocina, Bone Daddy's Barbecue,and The Mansion on Turtle Creek. The French Room at the Hotel Adolphus in downtownDallas was named the best hotel restaurant in the US by Zagat. Several nationallyranked steak and chop houses can be found in the Dallas area including Bob's Steak& Chop House which is currently ranked Number Three according to the USDA PrimeSteakhouses chart. On average, Dallasites eat out about four times every week, whichis the third highest rate in the country, behind Houston and Austin, and Dallashas more restaurants per capita than New York City.

The Arts District in downtown is home to several arts venues, both existing andproposed. Notable venues in the district include the Dallas Museum of Art, the MortonH. Meyerson Symphony Center, The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art,the Nasher Sculpture Center,The Dallas Contemporary, The Dallas Children's Theatre.Venues under construction or planned include the Winspear Opera House and the DallasCenter for the Performing Arts. The district is also home to DISD's Booker T. WashingtonHigh School for the Performing and Visual Arts, which is currently being expanded.

The Bishop Arts District in Oak Cliff is home to a number of studio artists livingin converted warehouses. Walls of buildings along alleyways and streets are paintedwith murals and the surrounding streets contain many eclectic restaurants and shops.

The primary mode of local transportation in the city is the automobile, though effortshave been made to increase the availability of alternative modes of transit includingthe construction of light rail lines, biking and walking paths, wider sidewalks,and more efficient public transportation. The city is much like other United Statescities developed primarily in the late 20th century criss-crossed by a vast networkof highways which has led to and contributes to Dallas being a very low-densitycity.

The city of Dallas is at the confluence of a large number of major interstate highways.Interstates 20, 30, 35E, and 45 all run through the city. The city's freeway system, as it hasno major geographical inhibitors surrounding it, is set up in the popular hub-and-spokesystem, much like a wagon wheel. Starting from downtown Dallas, there is the maindowntown freeway loop, the Interstate 635/20 Lyndon B. Johnson loop, and ultimatelythe tolled President George Bush Turnpike. Inside these freeway loops are otherpartially-limited-access and parkway-style loops including Loop 12 and Belt LineRoad. Another beltway around the city is planned upwards of 45 miles (72 km) fromdowntown in Collin County. Radiating out of downtown as the spokes of the systemare Interstates 30, 35E, and 45, US 75, US 175, SH Spur 366, the tolled Dallas NorthTollway, and further out SH 114, US 80 and US 67. Other major highways within thecity that do not serve primarily as spokes include SH 183 and SH Spur 408. The recentlycompleted interchange for Interstate 635 and Central Expressway, called the HighFive Interchange, contains five stacks and is one of the largest freeway interchangesin the United States.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is the Dallas area public transportation authority,providing buses, rail, and HOV lanes. DART began operating the first light railsystem in the Southwest United States in 1996 and continues to expand its coverage.Currently, two light rail lines are in service. The Red Line travels through OakCliff, South Dallas, downtown, Uptown, north Dallas, Richardson and Plano. The BlueLine goes through south Dallas, downtown, Uptown, east Dallas, Lake Highlands, andGarland. The Red and Blue lines are conjoined in between 8th & Corinth Station inOak Cliff and Mockingbird Station in north Dallas. The two lines service CityplaceStation, the only subway station in the Southwest. DART has also begun constructionon its Green and Orange lines, which will serve DFW Airport, Irving and Las Colinas,Carrollton, Farmers Branch, the Stemmons Corridor, Victory Park, downtown, DeepEllum, Fair Park, south Dallas and Pleasant Grove. Fort Worth's smaller public transitsystem, The T, connects with Dallas's via a commuter rail line, the Trinity RailwayExpress, connecting downtown Dallas's Union Station with downtown Fort Worth's T&PStation and several points in between. The system of light rail transit, especiallythrough downtown, has skyrocketed land values and has led to a flurry of residentialand transit-oriented development.

Dallas is served by two commercial airports: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport(known as DFW International) and Dallas Love Field. In addition, Dallas ExecutiveAirport (formerly Redbird Airport), is a general aviation airport located withinthe city limits, and Addison Airport is another general aviation airport locatedjust outside the city limits in the suburb of Addison. Two more general aviationairports are located in the outer suburb of McKinney, and two more general aviationairports are in Fort Worth, on the west side of the Metroplex. DFW InternationalAirport is located in the suburbs north of and equidistant to downtown Fort Worthand downtown Dallas. In terms of size, DFW is the largest airport in the state,the second largest in the United States, and third largest in the world. In termsof traffic, DFW is the busiest in the state, third busiest in the United States,and sixth busiest in the world. The headquarters of American Airlines, the largestair carrier in the world, is located less than a mile from DFW, in Fort Worth. LoveField is located within the city limits of Dallas, 6 miles (10 km) northwest ofdowntown, and is headquarters to Southwest Airlines.