Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park
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The Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park will be a public park in the new AT&T Performing Arts Center
, located in the Arts District
of downtown
Dallas
, Texas
(USA
). At opening on October 12, 2009, the 10 acres (4 ha) urban park will unify the venues of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, weaving together the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
, the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
, Annette Strauss Artist Square and City Performance Hall
. It will include canopies of mature trees, large expanses of grass and a series of gardens, reflecting pools, promenades and walkways.
Designed by landscape architect Michel Desvigne of Paris in collaboration with JJR of Chicago, it is named for Sammons Enterprises, Inc., who donated $15 million to the Center.
AT&T Performing Arts Center
The AT&T Performing Arts Center, preliminarily referred to as the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts is a $354 million multi-venue center in the Dallas Arts District for performances of opera, musical theater, classic and experimental theater, ballet and other forms of dance...
, located in the Arts District
Arts District, Dallas
The Arts District is a performing and visual arts district in downtown Dallas Texas .It is south of State Thomas, southeast of Uptown, north of the City Center District, west of Bryan Place and east of the West End Historic District. It is bounded by St...
of downtown
Downtown Dallas
Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city. The area termed "Downtown" has traditionally been defined as bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District...
Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
). At opening on October 12, 2009, the 10 acres (4 ha) urban park will unify the venues of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, weaving together the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House is an opera house located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas ....
, the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre
The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is a theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas . It is one of four venues that comprise the AT&T Performing Arts Center and was dedicated October 12, 2009. The 80,300-square-footbuilding is twelve stories and...
, Annette Strauss Artist Square and City Performance Hall
City Performance Hall
The Dallas City Performance Hall will be a performing arts venue located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas . Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP in collaboration with the Architect of Record, , and constructed by the , the City Performance Hall will be built in two phases...
. It will include canopies of mature trees, large expanses of grass and a series of gardens, reflecting pools, promenades and walkways.
Designed by landscape architect Michel Desvigne of Paris in collaboration with JJR of Chicago, it is named for Sammons Enterprises, Inc., who donated $15 million to the Center.