Plans for Big Tex Revamp Taking Shape
By: NBC DFW
Updated: March 12, 2013
Plans for Big Tex, the iconic symbol of the State Fair of Texas, are taking shape.
Later this week, State Fair representatives will present to the Dallas Landmark Commission a proposed update to Big Tex Circle.
An electrical fire destroyed Big Tex last fall, bringing an end to his 60-year reign as the official greeter to fairgoers.
Dallas design firm Studio Outside released renderings of the plans that show a limestone seating wall surrounding the center ring where Big Tex will stand. The center area would be raised from its current six-foot height to a height of nine to 12 feet and would be filled with cacti or native grasses.
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