Driving through downtown Dallas Monday night (you know before the Super Bowl Freezer hit), it was pretty obvious that the tent business was thriving. Party tents were popping up all over — next to the Bud Light Hotel, across the way from the under-construction-Perot Museum, etc. However, the site of Friday’s former Prince concert (formerly known as Reunion Arena) was as bare as Eric Celeste‘s pate. FYI: Prince moved north to the InterContinental.
But over at the Hotel Belmont it was an entirely scene of activity and buzz. A stellar group had gathered including Mayor Tom Leppert, Trinity Trust Braintrust Dr. Gail Thomas, Trinity Trust Foundation Chair Mary McDermott Cook (she immediately left for the TACA grant distribution), Trinity Commons Foundation President David McAtee II, City Councilman Steve Salazar, Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau President Phillip Jones, Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm and Trinity Commons Foundation Exec Director Craig Holcomb (pictured right with, from the left, David McAtee II, Dr. Gail Thomas, Phillip Jones, Steve Salazar, Mary Suhm and Tom Leppert) to flip the switch for the lighting of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in honor of the North Texas Super Bowl.
It was a marvelous introduction of Dallas’ next signature statement (pictured) to the world.
Just imagine what it will look like when the massive cables are attached!
Juliette says
The lights will be lit every evening until midnight, and until 2 a.m. on Super Bowl Sunday!