Home Plate Update June 2017 | Page 6

The City of Arlington, the Texas Rangers and the team’s development partner, The Cordish Companies, celebrated the groundbreaking of the Texas Live! entertainment complex in late March. T The American Dream City as the premier sports, entertainment and hospitality destination in the country for decades to come. Texas Live! will house more than 200,000 square feet of best-in-class restaurants, retail and entertainment, as well as a 5,000-capacity outdoor event pavilion when it debuts next year. The project will further cement “We are marking the beginning of something big in Arlington today. Building out our Entertainment District has been a dream for more than two decades and with today’s announcement, we are one step closer to seeing that dream he milestone ceremony for the $250 million, world- class development was held on the project site in Arlington’s Entertainment District. 6 become a reality,” Arlington Mayor Jeff Williams said. Texas Live! will also be anchored by Live! by Loews, an upscale full-service, 300-room convention hotel and 35,000 square feet of meeting/convention space.