On The Horizon
Frisco Discovery Center
Address: 8004 North Dallas Parkway
Phone: 972-668-5180
Frisco has created a home for a Black Box Theater, an Art Gallery and the Sci-Tech Discovery Center. Each organization supports education and promotes culture through visual and performing arts, science, math and technology. Sci-Tech will open with a new exhibit Math Midway from October 2 to January 30. More details to come about the theater production schedule and art gallery exhibits.
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NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE TEAM COMES TO FRISCO TEXAS-TEAM TO BEGIN PLAY IN 2010-
FRISCO, TX June 18, 2009 -It was announced today by NBA Development League President Dan Reed. The team will begin play in Frisco at the Dr. Pepper Arena for the 2010-11 season, but will not play during 2009-10 in order to transition.
Donnie Nelson, Dallas Mavericks President of Basketball Operations and General Manager, will be the principal owner and operator of the team. Nelson brings 23 years of NBA experience with him to the team in Frisco, including 11 years in Dallas' front office, along with coaching stints with the Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns. Nelson's ownership group includes Evan Wyly, a Dallas native and the Chairman of Green Mountain Energy, the nation's leading provider of cleaner electricity and carbon offset solutions.
When the team begins play in November 2010, it will be directly affiliated with up to three NBA teams, which will be able to assign first and second year players to the club up to three times during a season. The NBA Development League, founded in 2001, is the NBA's official minor league and featured 16 teams with direct affiliations to NBA teams during the 2008-09 season.
Cinemark Coming to Frisco Square
Frisco, TX - Behringer Harvard announced today that it has reached an agreement with Cinemark Holdings, Inc. to construct a 12-screen theatre at Frisco Square, a mixed use development in Frisco, an affluent suburb north of Dallas that is one of America's fastest-growing cities. The site selected for construction of the Cinemark theatre is on Frisco Square Boulevard one-half block west of Frisco City Hall.
"Frisco Square is a choice location for entertainment venues, and the build-to-suit construction of a multiscreen theatre has been part of our original development plans since we originally invested in Frisco Square two years ago," said Mr. Samuel A. Gillespie, Chief Operating Officer of Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I, Inc. "We are pleased to have this opportunity to develop a state-of-the-art theatre by partnering with Cinemark, one of the best-known and most respected brands in the motion picture exhibition business."
The new Cinemark 12-screen theatre at Frisco Square will offer digital and 3-D capabilities, stadium seating, online "print at home" ticketing, and a self-serve concession stand. The theatre also will contain a new Cinemark XD: Extreme Digital Cinema auditorium. This new XD entertainment environment will offer a large, wall-to-wall and ceiling-to-floor silver screen, plush seating and a custom JBL sound system featuring more than 30 speakers that produce crisp, clear digital sound.
The theatre's 12 stadium-seating auditoriums will allow patrons to enjoy unobstructed views from plush, high-backed rocking seats featuring a 16-inch height difference between each row. Spacing of 46 inches between each row will give movie-goers more leg room and ample space to enter and exit their row without disturbing other guests. Customers will be able to enjoy the latest Hollywood blockbusters the way they were meant to be seen.
Museum of the American Railroad
MAY 5, 2009 - Today Museum of the American Railroad officials signed, and the Frisco City Council approved, a formal agreement that finalizes plans to move the Fair Park collection of trains to a new site in Frisco. The City Council passed by unanimous vote the Development Agreement and Lease that enables the museum to move from the planning stage to Phase I design and construction.
The Museum of the American Railroad joins an exciting array of attractions in this North Texas city including the Frisco Heritage Center and Museum. It will also be adjacent to a system of planned outdoor spaces and recreational areas to be known as Grand Park.The plan calls for nearly a mile of trackage and future exhibit buildings totaling 94,000 square feet. The museum's priceless collection will also be covered by a train shed reminiscent of turn-of-the-century stations. The City of Frisco will provide 12.34 acres of land for the project. Located on Cotton Gin Road, the new site is adjacent to the Frisco Heritage Center and borders the BNSF Railway line to the east. The museum currently resides on a 1.8 acre footprint in Fair Park and stores one quarter of its collection offsite.
The City of Frisco has generously provided the railroad museum with offices and 800 square feet of exhibit space in the new Frisco Heritage Museum. Located at 6455 Page Street, visitors can enjoy exhibits on Frisco history, including the arrival of the railroad in 1902.
MAR officials estimate the development of the new location and museum could eventually draw more than 250,000 visitors to Frisco each year!To learn more, visit www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com
