3 Best Places To See in Irving, TX

“Irving Arts Center includes two completely designed theaters, four galleries, a conference, lecture, dining, and performance facilities, and a lush sculpture garden. The Irving Arts Center was built to serve various cultural and community needs. The art center is open 362 days a year, shutting only on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. The facilities attract leasing guests, including business events, conventions, cultural seminars and workshops, video shoots, wedding ceremonies, and celebrations. Visitors can enjoy the 275 events a year in a variety of venues. Irving Arts Center is open seven days a week and has an accessible parking facility.”

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“Ruth Paine House Museum restored a suburban 1960s house and museum where JFK's assassin spent the night before the shooting. The House Museum is a time capsule of the older small homes built by the thousands nationwide shortly after WWII. To enhance the visitors' feeling of being in the house in 1963, the actors play the roles of Ruth, Michael Paine, Marina, and Lee Harvey Oswald. Guests at Ruth Paine's home will also learn about her involvement in local civil and social justice movements in the 1960s. The house is perfectly re-created. The curators have preserved people's lives, using holograms to tell their stories in their own words. Ruth Paine House Museum is available to the public, from individuals, groups, students, adults, and families.”

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“Joy & Ralph Ellis Stadium is used for American football and association matches and sometimes for athletics. The stadium has a capability of 12,500. Initially, it was named Irving Schools Stadium. Joy & Ralph Ellis Stadium is also a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports or other events and consists of a stage or field either partly or covered by a tiered system developed to permit viewers to sit or stand and view the event. Joy and Ralph Ellis Stadium has good seating facilities. The scoreboard in the stadium is visible from all the seating. The stadium is primarily utilized for football matches. The stadium prides itself on its excellent seating facilities, ensuring comfort and convenience for visitors.”

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