Lonestar lights.(Dallas Center for the Performing Arts to open in 2009)(Brief article)

DALLAS: A shiny new arts destination is taking shape in the middle of Dallas's existing 62-acre Arts District. In 2009, when the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts opens its doors, the Texas city will become the only place in the world to have four buildings by Pritzker Prize-winning architects on the same block.

The majority of the $275-million capital campaign has already been raised for the new complex, which will include a 2,200-seat opera house and a 5,000-seat outdoor venue, both designed by Foster and Partners; a ...

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