NORTH TEXAS | QUALITY OF LIFE
NORTH TEXAS IS
LEADING THE PACK
1920 SNOW CONE MACHINE
1942 CORNY DOG
1958 SEMICONDUCTOR
& MICROCHIP
1885 FIRST DR. PEPPER
1927 CONVENIENCE STORE
1952 BIG TEX
1951 LIQUID PAPER 1954 SILICON TRANSISTORS
1921 DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
1918 FIRST INDOOR RODEO
1938 DRIVE-THROUGH BANK
1958
VAN CLIBURN WON
FIRST INTERNATIONAL TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION
Inventions, Events & Accomplishments
MEDIAN
AGE
in North Texas is
34
2 ZOOS
that are ranked
TOP 50
in the U.S.
North Texas median home sales
price of
23 STATE
$165,200
PARKS
lowest price of top
20 U.S. metro areas
4th
within 100 miles of North Texas
12.7
North Texas has
223
SUNNY
MILLION PEOPLE
visit North Texas annually
or partly sunny days per year
13 NORTH TEXAS PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS
DALLAS COWBOYS
National Football League
DALLAS MAVERICKS
National Basketball Association
ALLEN AMERICANS
Central Hockey League
ALLEN WRANGLERS
Indoor Football League
North Texas is the
10
TH
LARGEST
retail market in the U.S.
DALLAS STARS
National Hockey League
FC DALLAS
Major League Soccer
DALLAS SIDEKICKS
FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS
FORT WORTH CATS
GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS
Major Indoor League Soccer
Independence League Baseball
Minor League Baseball
Independence League Baseball
North Texas is home to
833
SPORTS VENUES
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TEXAS RANGERS
Major League Baseball
TEXAS LEGENDS
NBA Development League
TEXAS TORNADO
North American Hockey League
52
WINERIES
in the North Texas region