Frisco, Texas
Encyclopedia
Frisco is an affluent city in Collin
and Denton
Counties in the U.S. state
of Texas
and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas
. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States
in 2009, and also the fastest growing city in the nation from 2000-2009. In the late 1990s, the northern Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex
suburban development tide hit the northern border of Plano
and spilled into Frisco, sparking explosive growth into the 2000s. Like many of the cities located in the booming northern suburbs of Dallas, Frisco serves as a bedroom community for many professionals who work in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex
.
Since 2003, Frisco has received the designation "Tree City USA
" by the National Arbor Day Foundation. In 2007, Frisco received the National Arbor Day Foundation Growth Award for the third year in a row. This award recognizes environmental improvement and encourages a higher level of tree care and tree preservation within the community. A 2007 Forbes
study named Frisco as the seventh-fastest growing suburb in the United States.
s traveled by wagon train
s along the old Shawnee Trail
. This trail was also used for cattle drives north from Austin
. This trail later became the Preston Trail
, and later, Preston Road. Preston Road is one of the oldest North South Roads in all of Texas. With all of this activity, the community of Lebanon was founded along this trail and granted a U.S. post office in 1860. In 1902, a line of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
was being built through the area, and periodic watering holes were needed along the rails for the steam engines. The current settlement of Lebanon was on the Preston Ridge and was thus too high in elevation, so the watering hole was placed about four miles (6 km) to the west on lower ground. A community grew around this train stop. Residents of Lebanon actually moved their houses to the new community on logs. The new town was originally named Emerson, but that name was rejected by the U.S. Postal Service as being too similar to another town in Texas. In 1904, the residents chose Frisco City in honor of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
on which the town was founded, later shortened to its present name.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 70.0 square miles (181.4 km2), of which, 69.9 square miles (181.0 km2) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km2) of it (0.23%) is water.
in 2000, with 33,714 people.
In 2000, there were 12,065 households, and 9,652 families residing in the city. The population density
was 482.4 people per square mile (186.3/km2). There were 13,683 housing units at an average density of 195.8 per square mile (75.6/km2).
By 2010, there were 42,306 housing units, 39,901 households, and 31,226 families. 62% on the Collin County side and 38% in Denton County.
67% of households were married couples
living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.35. 51.7% of households had children under the age of 18 living with them.
The age distribution is 33.3% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 13.9% from 25 to 34, 22.5% from 35 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.9 years.
According to a 2010 American Community Survey estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $100,868, the median income for a family was $109,086. The per capita income
for the city was $38,048. About 2.2% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.
(opened August 2000), a 165-store regional mall, and IKEA
(opened 2005), a furniture store with an area of 28800 square metres (310,000.6 sq ft). Retail establishments and restaurant chains line Preston Road, which is one of the major north-south-running traffic arteries in the city.
Frisco took a different economic track than many surrounding cities and elected to use a fractional percent of local sales tax to fund the Frisco Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) rather than DART, the regional transportation body. The effectiveness of the FEDC, whose primary purpose is to reallocate such tax dollars to commercial ventures, is a matter of public debate.
Frisco also built Frisco Square, a mixed-use development that will become the new downtown. Frisco Square has about 250 rental residential units, seven restaurants, about 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) of commercial office space and a few personal service locations. The major development in the project is the new City Hall and main library and a public commons. A Cinemark theater opened in December, 2010. A hospital will soon be opened north of the Cinemark.
According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:
" city. Frisco voters adopted its initial "Home Rule" Charter in 1987. In May 2002, Frisco residents voted to revise the Charter and approved 19 propositions.
The form of government adopted by Frisco is the Council-Manager, which consists of a Mayor and six City Council members elected "at-large
" and a City Manager. Council members' duties include enacting local legislation (ordinances
), adopting budgets, determining policies and appointing the City Manager
and City Secretary.
According to the city’s most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city’s various funds had $227.2 million in Revenues, $184.4 million in expenditures, $1,647.0 million in total assets, $753.1 million in total liabilities, and $159.3 million in cash and investments.
The structure of the management and coordination of city services is:
. Some parts extend into Lewisville Independent School District
, Little Elm Independent School District
, and Prosper Independent School District
.
Frisco ISD currently has six high schools: Frisco High School
, Centennial High School
, Liberty High School
, Wakeland High School
, Heritage High School
and Lone Star High School
. Additional bond measures have been approved to begin plans for an 7th High School, with an 8th building to be completed by 2018. Frisco, Centennial, Liberty, and Wakeland all compete at 4A sports level. Heritage and Lone Star will begin 3A play in 2010 and 2011, and move up to 4A at a later time.
There are twelve middle schools in Frisco, including Wester, Clark, Cobb, Hunt, Fowler, Staley, Griffin, Roach, Maus, Stafford, Scoggins and Pioneer-Heritage.
Frisco also has 30 Elementary Schools: Allen, Anderson, Ashley, Bledsoe, Boals, Borchardt, Bright, Carroll, Christie, Corbell, Curtsinger, Elliott, Fisher, Gunstream, Isbell, Mooneyham, Ogle, Pink, Purefoy, Riddle, Robertson, Rogers, Sem, Shawnee Trail, Smith, Sparks, Spears, Sonntag Tadlock and Taylor.
Frisco also boasts the Frisco ISD Career & Technical Education Center, a building in which students from high schools can experience and try different careers, from veterinary work to advertising
and graphic design
.
Dallas Baptist University
opened up a regional academic center in Frisco's Hall Office Park in January 2006, located at Warren Parkway and Internet Boulevard.
Amberton University has a local campus on Parkwood Boulevard north of Warren Parkway.
In 2008, Frisco ISD also opened the Career and Technology Education Center.
The University of Dallas moved its Carrollton campus to Frisco.
, a 10,600 seat baseball stadium, hosted its first baseball game on April 3, 2003. It was named the best new ballpark that year by BaseballParks.com, and received the 2003 Texas Construction award for Best Architectural Design. Pizza Hut Park, which was opened August 6, 2005, is a 20,500 seat stadium. It is primarily used as a soccer stadium by FC Dallas
, but also hosts football games and concerts. The Dr Pepper Arena, a combination hockey and basketball venue, is the home of the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League, the North American Hockey League
franchise Texas Tornado
, and a practice facility for the Dallas Stars
of the NHL.
(formerly the Dallas Burn), a Major League Soccer
team, who formerly played at Dallas' Cotton Bowl
, moved their home to Pizza Hut Park
at the corner of the Dallas North Tollway
and Main St. in Frisco in August 2005. A major international youth soccer tournament, The Dallas Cup
, is hosted in Frisco each year and draws teams from around the world.
, an NCAA Division I athletics organization, relocated its headquarters to Frisco in 2006. On February 26, 2010, it was announced that Pizza Hut Park in Frisco would become the host of the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly NCAA Division 1-AA) championship game, formerly held in Chattanooga TN and Huntington WV. The first matchup, hosted by the Southland Conference, was played January 7, 2011.
AA minor league baseball
team Frisco RoughRiders
, a minor league affiliate of the Texas Rangers
, play in Frisco at the award-winning
Dr Pepper Ballpark
.
NHL
team is headquartered in Frisco and the team practices at the Dr Pepper Arena there. The Texas Tornado
of the North American Hockey League
have been based in Frisco since the fall of 2003, and shortly after the NAHL moved its main offices to Frisco. The Tornado play their games at the Dr Pepper Arena.
.
Frisco also has a Olympic size state of the art natatorium.
Collin County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 491,675 people, 181,970 households, and 132,292 families residing in the county. The population density was 580 people per square mile . There were 194,892 housing units at an average density of 230 per square mile...
and Denton
Denton County, Texas
Denton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 432,976; in 2009 the estimated population had reached 628,300. Part of the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex, it is one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States. The county seat is Denton. The county...
Counties in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of 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...
and a rapidly growing suburb of 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...
. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2009, and also the fastest growing city in the nation from 2000-2009. In the late 1990s, the northern Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The area is divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington. Residents of the area...
suburban development tide hit the northern border of Plano
Plano, Texas
Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...
and spilled into Frisco, sparking explosive growth into the 2000s. Like many of the cities located in the booming northern suburbs of Dallas, Frisco serves as a bedroom community for many professionals who work in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The area is divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington. Residents of the area...
.
Since 2003, Frisco has received the designation "Tree City USA
Tree City USA
Tree City USA is a tree planting and tree care program sponsored by the National Arbor Day Foundation for cities and towns in the United States.- Requirements :...
" by the National Arbor Day Foundation. In 2007, Frisco received the National Arbor Day Foundation Growth Award for the third year in a row. This award recognizes environmental improvement and encourages a higher level of tree care and tree preservation within the community. A 2007 Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
study named Frisco as the seventh-fastest growing suburb in the United States.
History
When the Dallas area was being settled by American pioneers, many of the settlerSettler
A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. Settlers are generally people who take up residence on land and cultivate it, as opposed to nomads...
s traveled by wagon train
Wagon train
A wagon train is a group of wagons traveling together. In the American West, individuals traveling across the plains in covered wagons banded together for mutual assistance, as is reflected in numerous films and television programs about the region, such as Audie Murphy's Tumbleweed and Ward Bond...
s along the old Shawnee Trail
Shawnee Trail
Shawnee Trail may refer to:* Shawnee Trail , a portion of the larger Great Indian Warpath or Seneca Trail* Texas Road, a pioneer cattle trail, once known as Shawnee Trail...
. This trail was also used for cattle drives north from Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. This trail later became the Preston Trail
Preston Trail
Preston Trail, later known as the Old Preston Road, was a road created by the Republic of Texas in 1841 from Preston, Texas on the Red River south to Austin, Texas. This road closely followed an existing trail that led across the area that had been used for centuries...
, and later, Preston Road. Preston Road is one of the oldest North South Roads in all of Texas. With all of this activity, the community of Lebanon was founded along this trail and granted a U.S. post office in 1860. In 1902, a line of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
The St. Louis – San Francisco Railway , also known as the Frisco, was a railroad that operated in the Midwest and South Central U.S. from 1876 to 1980.-History:...
was being built through the area, and periodic watering holes were needed along the rails for the steam engines. The current settlement of Lebanon was on the Preston Ridge and was thus too high in elevation, so the watering hole was placed about four miles (6 km) to the west on lower ground. A community grew around this train stop. Residents of Lebanon actually moved their houses to the new community on logs. The new town was originally named Emerson, but that name was rejected by the U.S. Postal Service as being too similar to another town in Texas. In 1904, the residents chose Frisco City in honor of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
The St. Louis – San Francisco Railway , also known as the Frisco, was a railroad that operated in the Midwest and South Central U.S. from 1876 to 1980.-History:...
on which the town was founded, later shortened to its present name.
Geography
Frisco is located at 33.141263°N 96.813120°W (33.141263, -96.813120).Climate
Frisco is considered to be part of the humid subtropical region.According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the city has a total area of 70.0 square miles (181.4 km2), of which, 69.9 square miles (181.0 km2) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km2) of it (0.23%) is water.
Major highways
- Dallas North TollwayDallas North TollwayThe Dallas North Tollway is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority , which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas , to U.S...
(
Sam Rayburn Tollway) (Preston Road)
Demographics
As of the 2010 Census, there were 116,989 people living in Frisco, up from the previous censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
in 2000, with 33,714 people.
In 2000, there were 12,065 households, and 9,652 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 482.4 people per square mile (186.3/km2). There were 13,683 housing units at an average density of 195.8 per square mile (75.6/km2).
By 2010, there were 42,306 housing units, 39,901 households, and 31,226 families. 62% on the Collin County side and 38% in Denton County.
67% of households were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.35. 51.7% of households had children under the age of 18 living with them.
The age distribution is 33.3% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 13.9% from 25 to 34, 22.5% from 35 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.9 years.
According to a 2010 American Community Survey estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $100,868, the median income for a family was $109,086. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $38,048. About 2.2% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over.
Economy
Like many Dallas suburbs, Frisco is accumulating a tremendous number of retail properties, including Stonebriar CentreStonebriar Centre
Stonebriar Centre is a shopping mall located at the intersection of SH 289 and SH 121 in Frisco, Texas . It contains six major department store anchors, a 24-screen movie theater, an NHL size ice arena, and a total of 165 tenants renting over gross leasable area.The mall is open Monday through...
(opened August 2000), a 165-store regional mall, and IKEA
IKEA
IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer...
(opened 2005), a furniture store with an area of 28800 square metres (310,000.6 sq ft). Retail establishments and restaurant chains line Preston Road, which is one of the major north-south-running traffic arteries in the city.
Frisco took a different economic track than many surrounding cities and elected to use a fractional percent of local sales tax to fund the Frisco Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) rather than DART, the regional transportation body. The effectiveness of the FEDC, whose primary purpose is to reallocate such tax dollars to commercial ventures, is a matter of public debate.
Frisco also built Frisco Square, a mixed-use development that will become the new downtown. Frisco Square has about 250 rental residential units, seven restaurants, about 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) of commercial office space and a few personal service locations. The major development in the project is the new City Hall and main library and a public commons. A Cinemark theater opened in December, 2010. A hospital will soon be opened north of the Cinemark.
According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:
| # | Employer | # of Employees | % of Total City Employment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frisco Independent School District | 5,000 | 11.41% |
| 2 | T-Mobile USA | 1,500 | 3.42% |
| 3 | City of Frisco | 1,102 | 2.51% |
| 4 | Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating | 603 | 1.38% |
| 5 | Collin County College - Preston Ridge | 550 | 1.25% |
| 6 | Amerisource Bergen Specialty Group | 500 | 1.14% |
| 7 | CLA USA, Inc | 450 | 1.03% |
| 8 | IKEA Frisco | 400 | 0.91% |
| 9 | Market Street | 300 | 0.68% |
| 10 | Tenet Texas RBO | 300 | 0.68% |
Local government
Frisco is a "Home RuleMunicipal home rule
Municipal home rule originated in the United States during the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century. It enables voters to adopt a home rule charter that acts as the city's basic governing document over local issues; however, state law continues to prevail over statewide concerns...
" city. Frisco voters adopted its initial "Home Rule" Charter in 1987. In May 2002, Frisco residents voted to revise the Charter and approved 19 propositions.
The form of government adopted by Frisco is the Council-Manager, which consists of a Mayor and six City Council members elected "at-large
At-Large
At-large is a designation for representative members of a governing body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body , rather than a subset of that membership...
" and a City Manager. Council members' duties include enacting local legislation (ordinances
Local ordinance
A local ordinance is a law usually found in a municipal code.-United States:In the United States, these laws are enforced locally in addition to state law and federal law.-Japan:...
), adopting budgets, determining policies and appointing the City Manager
City manager
A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city, in a council-manager form of city government. Local officials serving in this position are sometimes referred to as the chief executive officer or chief administrative officer in some municipalities...
and City Secretary.
According to the city’s most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city’s various funds had $227.2 million in Revenues, $184.4 million in expenditures, $1,647.0 million in total assets, $753.1 million in total liabilities, and $159.3 million in cash and investments.
The structure of the management and coordination of city services is:
| City Department | Director |
|---|---|
| City Manager | George A. Purefoy |
| City Attorney | Richard Abernathy |
| City Secretary | Jenny Page |
| Deputy City Manager | Henry J. Hill, III |
| Assistant City Manager | Nell Lange |
| Assistant City Manager | Ron Patterson |
| Director of Communications | Dana Baird-Hanks |
| Director of Engineering Services | Paul Knippel |
| Director of Financial Services | Anita Cothran |
| Fire Chief | Mack Borchardt |
| Director of Human Resources | Lauren Safranek |
| Director of Information Technology | Curt Balogh |
| Director of Library Services | Shelley Holley |
| Director of Parks & Recreation | Rick Wieland |
| Director Development Services | John Lettelleir |
| Police Chief | Todd Renshaw |
| Director of Public Works | Gary Hartwell |
| Economic Development Corp President | James Gandy |
| Executive Director CVB | Marla Roe |
Primary and secondary
Most of Frisco is a part of the Frisco Independent School DistrictFrisco Independent School District
Frisco Independent School District is a public school district based in Frisco, Texas .The district covers portions of the cities of Frisco, Little Elm, McKinney, and Plano, as well as unincorporated land in Denton and Collin counties....
. Some parts extend into Lewisville Independent School District
Lewisville Independent School District
Lewisville Independent School District is a 127-square mile school district based in Lewisville, Texas covering all of Lewisville, The Colony, Flower Mound, Highland Village, Copper Canyon, and Double Oak as well as portions of Plano, Carrollton, Frisco, Hebron, Coppell, Grapevine and Argyle.The...
, Little Elm Independent School District
Little Elm Independent School District
Little Elm Independent School District is a public school district based in Little Elm, Texas .In addition to Little Elm, the district serves the cities of Lakewood Village and Hackberry as well as a portion of Oak Point....
, and Prosper Independent School District
Prosper Independent School District
Prosper Independent School District is a public school district based in Prosper, Texas . Located in Collin County, a portion of the district extends into Denton County.P.I.S.D...
.
Frisco ISD currently has six high schools: Frisco High School
Frisco High School
Frisco High School is a public high school located in Frisco, Texas and is a part of the Frisco Independent School District.The school mascot is the Fightin' Raccoon.- History :Frisco High School was founded in 1902...
, Centennial High School
Frisco Centennial High School
Frisco Centennial High School is one of five high schools in the Frisco Independent School District in Frisco, Texas.The school opened in 2003 for 9th and 10th graders, and has since expanded to include grades 11 and 12. It was the second high school opened in Frisco.By 2006-2007, Centennial had...
, Liberty High School
Frisco Liberty High School
For schools with similar names, see Liberty High School.Liberty High School is a high school located in Frisco, Texas, part of the Frisco Independent School District. Liberty opened on August 14, 2006 in what is now Fowler Middle School...
, Wakeland High School
Wakeland High School
Justin Wakeland High School is a high school located in Frisco, Texas and is the third high school for the Frisco Independent School District....
, Heritage High School
Heritage High School (Frisco, Texas)
Heritage High School is a high school located in Frisco, Texas, part of the Frisco Independent School District. Heritage opened for the first time to freshmen and sophomore students in the fall of 2009.-Athletics:...
and Lone Star High School
Frisco Lone Star High School
Lone Star High School is a high school located in Frisco, Texas, part of the Frisco Independent School District. The building opened in the fall of 2009 as an annex for students from Wakeland High School...
. Additional bond measures have been approved to begin plans for an 7th High School, with an 8th building to be completed by 2018. Frisco, Centennial, Liberty, and Wakeland all compete at 4A sports level. Heritage and Lone Star will begin 3A play in 2010 and 2011, and move up to 4A at a later time.
There are twelve middle schools in Frisco, including Wester, Clark, Cobb, Hunt, Fowler, Staley, Griffin, Roach, Maus, Stafford, Scoggins and Pioneer-Heritage.
Frisco also has 30 Elementary Schools: Allen, Anderson, Ashley, Bledsoe, Boals, Borchardt, Bright, Carroll, Christie, Corbell, Curtsinger, Elliott, Fisher, Gunstream, Isbell, Mooneyham, Ogle, Pink, Purefoy, Riddle, Robertson, Rogers, Sem, Shawnee Trail, Smith, Sparks, Spears, Sonntag Tadlock and Taylor.
Frisco also boasts the Frisco ISD Career & Technical Education Center, a building in which students from high schools can experience and try different careers, from veterinary work to advertising
Advertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
and graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
.
Higher
The Preston Ridge campus of the community college district, Collin College opened on Wade Boulevard in Frisco in August 1995.Dallas Baptist University
Dallas Baptist University
Dallas Baptist University , formerly known as Dallas Baptist College, is a Christian liberal arts university located in Dallas, Texas. The main campus is located approximately fifteen miles southwest of downtown Dallas overlooking Mountain Creek Lake...
opened up a regional academic center in Frisco's Hall Office Park in January 2006, located at Warren Parkway and Internet Boulevard.
Amberton University has a local campus on Parkwood Boulevard north of Warren Parkway.
In 2008, Frisco ISD also opened the Career and Technology Education Center.
The University of Dallas moved its Carrollton campus to Frisco.
Recreation
Frisco has built the Frisco Athletic Center, which features 18000 square feet (1,672.3 m²) of indoor aquatics elements and about 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) of outdoor aquatic features. Some area residents refer to this as the "Rec Center." It features upscale exercise equipment, as well as group exercise classes.Sports
Frisco is home to several sporting venues, an NCAA Division I conference, an NHL hockey team, a Major League Soccer team, a minor hockey league and one of its teams, a minor-league baseball team, and most recently added an NBA D-league team.Venues
Frisco is home to a variety of sporting venues. The Dr Pepper BallparkDr Pepper Ballpark
Dr Pepper Ballpark is the home ballpark of the Frisco RoughRiders Class AA minor league baseball club. Located in Frisco, Texas in the United States, the stadium has a capacity of 10,600...
, a 10,600 seat baseball stadium, hosted its first baseball game on April 3, 2003. It was named the best new ballpark that year by BaseballParks.com, and received the 2003 Texas Construction award for Best Architectural Design. Pizza Hut Park, which was opened August 6, 2005, is a 20,500 seat stadium. It is primarily used as a soccer stadium by FC Dallas
FC Dallas
FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...
, but also hosts football games and concerts. The Dr Pepper Arena, a combination hockey and basketball venue, is the home of the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League, the North American Hockey League
North American Hockey League
The North American Hockey League is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is enterting its 36th season in 2011-12. It is currently the only Junior A Tier II league, sanctioned by USA Hockey. The NAHL currently acts as an alternative to the United States Hockey League...
franchise Texas Tornado
Texas Tornado
The Texas Tornado are a Junior A hockey team located in Frisco, Texas, USA. The team joined the North American Hockey League's Central division in 1999 while located in North Richland Hills, Texas, and have enjoyed unprecedented success since their expansion year...
, and a practice facility for the Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...
of the NHL.
Soccer
FC DallasFC Dallas
FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada...
(formerly the Dallas Burn), a Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
team, who formerly played at Dallas' Cotton Bowl
Cotton Bowl (stadium)
The Cotton Bowl is a stadium which opened in 1929 and became known as "The House That Doak Built" due to the immense crowds that former SMU running back Doak Walker drew to the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s. Originally known as Fair Park Stadium, it is located in Fair Park,...
, moved their home to Pizza Hut Park
Pizza Hut Park
Pizza Hut Park is a soccer-specific stadium with a 21,193-seat capacity, built and owned by the city of Frisco, Texas. Its primary tenant is Major League Soccer team FC Dallas, which relocated from the Cotton Bowl in central Dallas to the fast-growing suburb...
at the corner of the Dallas North Tollway
Dallas North Tollway
The Dallas North Tollway is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority , which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas , to U.S...
and Main St. in Frisco in August 2005. A major international youth soccer tournament, The Dallas Cup
Dallas Cup
The Dallas Cup is an international football tournament for invited youth teams, held annually in Dallas, Texas. It was first held in 1980. The current champion is Cruzeiro...
, is hosted in Frisco each year and draws teams from around the world.
NCAA
The Southland ConferenceSouthland Conference
The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision...
, an NCAA Division I athletics organization, relocated its headquarters to Frisco in 2006. On February 26, 2010, it was announced that Pizza Hut Park in Frisco would become the host of the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly NCAA Division 1-AA) championship game, formerly held in Chattanooga TN and Huntington WV. The first matchup, hosted by the Southland Conference, was played January 7, 2011.
Baseball
The Texas LeagueTexas League
The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. It is classified a Double-A league. The league was founded in 1888 and ran through 1892...
AA minor league baseball
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
team Frisco RoughRiders
Frisco RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders are currently the Class AA affiliate of the Texas Rangers major league baseball club. The team plays in the Texas League, assigned to the South Division. Prior to 2003, the franchise was based in Shreveport, Louisiana, and were known as the Shreveport Captains...
, a minor league affiliate of the Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
, play in Frisco at the award-winning
Dr Pepper Ballpark
Dr Pepper Ballpark
Dr Pepper Ballpark is the home ballpark of the Frisco RoughRiders Class AA minor league baseball club. Located in Frisco, Texas in the United States, the stadium has a capacity of 10,600...
.
Hockey
The Dallas StarsDallas Stars
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...
NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
team is headquartered in Frisco and the team practices at the Dr Pepper Arena there. The Texas Tornado
Texas Tornado
The Texas Tornado are a Junior A hockey team located in Frisco, Texas, USA. The team joined the North American Hockey League's Central division in 1999 while located in North Richland Hills, Texas, and have enjoyed unprecedented success since their expansion year...
of the North American Hockey League
North American Hockey League
The North American Hockey League is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is enterting its 36th season in 2011-12. It is currently the only Junior A Tier II league, sanctioned by USA Hockey. The NAHL currently acts as an alternative to the United States Hockey League...
have been based in Frisco since the fall of 2003, and shortly after the NAHL moved its main offices to Frisco. The Tornado play their games at the Dr Pepper Arena.
Basketball
The Texas Legends, affiliate with the Dallas Mavericks, play for the NBDL (National Basketball Development League). They play at Dr. Pepper Arena.Others
Frisco is also home of the Superdrome, an outdoor velodromeVelodrome
A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights...
.
Frisco also has a Olympic size state of the art natatorium.