• Dallas-Ft Worth International Airport is one of only 10 in the world serving more than 200 destinations
  • In 2011, Dallas became the only city to have hosted a World Series game, an NBA Finals game, and the Super Bowl in the same year
  • AT&T Stadium in Dallas is the world’s largest column-free room
  • Dallas-Ft Worth International Airport has its own zip code and city designation
  • The historic Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas was the first hotel in the world to provide central air conditioning for its visitors in 1950
  • German chocolate cake is named for Dallas resident Sam German who first published the recipe in 1957
  • 7-Eleven got its start in Dallas when the Southland Ice Company began offering grocery staple items like milk and eggs to customers in 1927
  • Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is larger than Manhattan Island
  • Dallas Love Field opened as a flight training base in 1917 and was purchased by the city for commercial use in 1927