Fair Park Band Shell - Dallas, Texas
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paulspaper
N 32° 46.548 W 096° 45.684
14S E 709670 N 3628650
The Fair Park Band Shell debuted as part of the Texas Centennial Exhibition in 1936.
Waymark Code: WM5PHY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2009
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The shell itself is concrete and it sports a stage that is 30 feet deep and has a 50-foot frontage. Behind the shell is a building with dressing and rehearsal rooms.
In front of the shell is a fan-shaped audience area that rises to an elevation of 25 feet in the back. This area seats 5,000 people, who enjoy a variety of entertainment acts that perform during the State Fair of Texas.
Surrounding the audience area are 30-foot-tall, concrete-and-stucco light and sound pylons.
Because I couldn't get into the seating area, the coordinate are taken from outside the fence on the east side.
If the band shell looks familiar, perhaps you are a fan of the movie “State Fair”. One of the scenes in the 1960 film – starring Ann Margaret and Pat Boone – took place here.
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Bandshell Webpage: [Web Link]
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