Zero Gravity Thrill Rides Amusement Park
The world's only "Thrill Amusement Park" featuring 5 different extreme thrill rides. Most rides can be done with a friend, so everyone can achieve their adrenaline dreams together. Open year round.
Nasher Sculpture Center
in Dallas/Downtown. Gallery and outdoor display of significant modern and contemporary sculpture.
The Sixth Floor Museum
dedicated to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, is located downtown in the same building from which Lee Harvey Oswald fired the shots. It features a lobby on the first floor, after which only the museum on the sixth floor and the post-assassination themed exibit on the seventh floor are accessible. Note the gift shop is located in a different building.Dallas Museum of Art
Great works of art from eastern and western cultures, from all ages.Meadows Museum of Art
(http://smu.edu/meadowsmuseum/) - Houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish Art outside of Spain, including works by El Greco, Velázquez, Ribera, Murillo, Goya, Miró and Picasso, and a 40-by-90 foot moving sculpture, Wave, designed by Santiago Calatrava. Admission is free on Thursdays after 5PMThe Dallas Cowboys (http://www.dallascowboys.com), Dallas' famous football team, plays at Cowboys Stadium, a short ways west of Dallas in Arlington.
The Dallas Mavericks play at the American Airlines Center in Dallas/Downtown. They won the 2011 NBA Championship.
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens
(http://www.dallasarboretu...). Located along the south banks of White Rock Lake in East Dallas.Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park
See over 6,000 aquatic animals at this aquarium located on the state fairgrounds in the southern part of town.Dallas World Aquarium
Downtown, (http://www.dwazoo.com/def...). More than just an aquarium, this unique zoo tour starts at the canopy level of a rain forest and winds its way down past many types of animals and into the aquarium below.Dallas Zoo
in south Dallas. Over 8,000 animals can be seen at this 97-acre zoo.The Texas Rangers are from the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Dallas/West, specifically from the city of Arlington. Dallas' professional baseball team is the 2010 & 2011 American League Champions.
The Dallas Stars play at the American Airlines Center in Dallas/Downtown. Dallas' professional ice hockey team.
The SMU Mustangs (http://smumustangs.cstv.com), representing Southern Methodist University and members of Conference USA, are the most prominent college sports program on the Dallas side of the Metroplex. SMU's main athletic facilities are on its campus in University Park. The most prominent venues are Gerald J. Ford Stadium football and Moody Coliseum basketball.