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Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park

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Type
  
public park

Created
  
2009 (2009)

Open
  
All year

Operator
  
CITY OF DALLAS

Location
  
Dallas, Texas

Operated by
  
City of Dallas

Area
  
4 ha

Website
  
Dallas Center for the Performing Arts website

The Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park is a public park in the new AT&T Performing Arts Center, located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). The parlk opened on October 12, 2009, and weaves together the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Annette Strauss Artist Square and City Performance Hall. It includes 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.

References

Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park Wikipedia