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iiThe citizens of Grapevine are proud to welcome the ABA

Marketplace back to the great state of Texas. Grapevine

is in the center of the Dallas/Fort Worth region and

serves as the hub for any vacation to the area. Nestled

between Dallas and Fort Worth, and home to the DFW

International Airport, Grapevine’s sophisticated charm

provides visitors with a chance to get away and experience great shopping, dining, nine

winery tasting rooms, family attractions, galleries along with so much more.

Grapevine is proud to be a part of this thriving metroplex area. From sophisticated and

dazzling to distinctive and charming — the Dallas/Fort Worth area is a premier travel

destination and the state’s most popular visitor destination.

Filled with an array of outstanding attractions, world-class shopping, abundant dining

choices, and our own special brand of Texas hospitality, the D/FW area offers visitors

of all ages a boundless supply of fun and excitement.

Journey through the area’s many cultural, historic, sporting, industrial, urban, and

pastoral offerings creating your own unique travel experiences.

First-time visitors and longtime fans of Grapevine and the Dallas/Fort Worth area are

sure to enjoy this taste of Texas hospitality.

WELCOME BACK Y’ALL!

William D. Tate

Mayor of Grapevine


iiTOUR 1

TOUR 2

Wine a Little,

You’ll Feel Better!

Sponsored by the Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau

Delaney Vineyards

Grapevine is pleased to welcome LEGOLAND® Discovery Center and SEA LIFE™ aquarium, both slated to open in 2011, just in time for the 2012 ABA Marketplace! Come check out these two new and exciting attractions. Based on the ever-popular LEGO® brick, LEGOLAND® Discovery Center provides a range of interactive play areas including 4D cinema; master classes from the LEGO® Master Model Builder; exciting LEGO® rides; and the popular MINILAND exhibit designed to reflect the North Texas region. SEA LIFE, the 45,000 square-foot aquarium, features more than 30 spectacular displays of diverse marine life for visitors to enjoy — everything from shrimp and starfish to seahorses, sharks and rays. Top off your tour of these two new, fantastic attractions with shopping at Grapevine Mills, 1.6 million square-feet of shopping, dining and entertainment.

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12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.


Grapevine Mills

Named for the wild Mustang grapes that once covered the land, today Grapevine flourishes as one of the best wine trails in Texas. With nine winery tasting rooms, each with their own unique personality, a trip on the Grapevine Wine Trail is an enjoyable and educational experience whether you consider yourself a novice or a connoisseur. This tour will give you a “taste” of the Grapevine Wine Trail and all it has to offer from an assortment of wineries and tasting rooms to the charm of Grapevine’s Historic District.


STEEL, GLASS & BRONZE…

Experience VINTAGE TEXAS


TOUR 3




12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Grapevine truly is “Aged to perfection®!” Historic Downtown Grapevine brings new respect to the word “vintage.” Hop aboard the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, Grapevine’s very own vintage train, where you will have the opportunity to taste a few of the vintages offered by one of our local winery tasting

rooms. You will also experience the vintage art of glassblowing at Vetro Glassblowing Studio and Gallery. Next, your tour guide will introduce

you to beautiful Historic Downtown Grapevine, providing you with the details that make this vintage town unique. The 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial is a must-stop during your tour. This memorial not only recognizes those who lost their lives on that tragic day, but also those who continue to dedicate their lives to making air travel possible today. Of course, no visit to “Vintage Texas” would be complete without picking up your very own vintage and unique gifts while shopping in Historic Downtown Grapevine.

Everything is bigger in Texas… including Christmas! Discover why Grapevine is the Christmas Capital of Texas, and why Grapevine’s Christmas festivities have received multiple recognition as an ABA Top 100 Event. Grapevine is the essence of holiday décor as the city becomes blanketed with millions of lights, a multitude of decorations, animated characters, a myriad of holiday events and a whole lot more! With all of this plus great shopping for everyone on your list, Grapevine truly is the Christmas Capital of Texas. With over 1400 events in 40-plus days, this tour will highlight just a few of these special holiday activities!

TOUR 4H

Historic Downtown Grapevine

Grapevine Vintage Railroad

Christmas Capital of Texas®

Home For The Holidays, One of 1,400 Christmas Events

ChristmasCApITAl OF TEXAS®!

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You’ve heard about the “new Dallas.” Now, see it for yourself: the new 42-story Santiago Calatrava bridge; The Park linking downtown, Uptown and the Arts District; and the new AT&T Performing Arts Center and Meyerson Symphony Center in the nation’s largest urban arts district showcasing Pritzker award-winning architecture. Dallas has become the performing arts entertainment capital of the southwest with Broadway, independent theater, opera, symphony and pop culture. Adult and student music groups come by the thousands to be entertained or to participate as the entertainment each year. They also crave our cuisine. Whether it’s Tex-Mex and traditional southwestern recipes to four and five star/diamond restaurants with celebrity chefs, Dallas shines. Meet some of our culinary stars as they prepare samplings, offer tips and discuss the foodie scene. Before and after, tour through our urban neighborhoods such as West Village and Victory Park, home of the spectacular new Perot Museum of Nature and Science opening in 2013!

Consistently Cool and ClASSICAlly dAllAS

TOUR 5Sponsored by the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau

Chef Stephan Pyles

Dallas Skyline

Sponsored by the Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau

See why

the crowd goes wild in

Arlington, Texas!

Winspear Opera House

TOUR 6Stepping into the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, home of the MLB Texas Rangers, is a trip back in time. At this stop you’ll tour the best of the ballpark and visit the new Rangers Hall of Fame, featuring artifacts and history from members of the Hall, including Nolan Ryan, Jim Sundberg and Rusty Greer. You may have heard the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys have a new home in their $1.2 billion stadium in Arlington and in 2011 the stadium played host to Super Bowl XLV game. Experience the largest domed structure in the world on a VIP tour, including a look at one of the largest HDTVs on the planet suspended from the roof of Cowboys Stadium. You’ll also tour the locker rooms of the Cowboys and the Cowboys Cheerleaders, a luxurious suite and explore the two-story Pro Shop of “America’s Team”! The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame brings to life the colorful, 5,000-year history of this international pastime. Located in the middle of Arlington’s Entertainment District, the collection of historical artifacts and interactive presentations is an experience designed for people of all ages. Explore a rich past that takes you through the time of ancient Egypt until the very present.

The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame

Rangers Ballpark

Cowboys Stadium


See how money is made and experience the second largest speedway in the U.S. Did you know that over 60 percent of the paper money in the U.S. is made in Fort Worth? In this tour, you will be able to see how millions of dollars are made at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing – Western Currency facility, one of only two facilities in the USA. Tour highlights: interactive exhibits and the Moneyfactory Gift Shop. For the second part of the tour, take the green flag for a high-speed visit to one of the world’s largest and most modern sports and entertainment facilities, Texas Motor

Speedway, home to NASCAR and Indy races. Tour highlights: track laps (subject to availability); Pit Road, gift shop, luxury suites, Victory Lane and concourse.

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Sponsored by the Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau

TOUR 7

Texas Motor Speedway

Bureau of Engraving and Printing – Western Currency

Fort Worth was the last stop on the Chisholm Trail before cowboys drove their cattle north to Kansas. On this tour, you will visit the state-of-the-art Cattle Raisers Museum, located within the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and see their interactive exhibits. Learn to lead a herd of cattle or ride a bronco at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. You will discover how the Cowgirls’ pioneer spirit helped shape the American West. This tour will continue with a stop at one of Texas’ most visited attractions, the Stockyards

National Historic District. Enjoy a “Stockyards Western Experience” where you will meet the Drovers of the Fort Worth herd, shop for unique Western keepsakes, take a historic tour or visit the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Sterquel Wagon Collection. The tour will end celebrating Fort Worth’s true Western heritage by watching the world’s only twice-daily cattle drive.


National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

TOUR 8

History and Lifestyle: Cowgirls, Cattlemen and Drovers

The

Ultimate Cowboys & Culture Experience: Part I

World’s Only Twice-Daily Cattle Drive

in Fort Worth, TX

THIS TOUR IS SCHEdUlEd TO RETURN AT

5:00 p.m.


Visit the world famous Southfork Ranch, home of the television family the “Ewings.” See what made this family the most loved and hated family in the history of television. Walk and sit in the same places J.R.,

Miss Ellie, Bobby, Jock, Sue Ellen and the rest of the clan once did. Then, set off to shop like the Ewings at the Allen Premium Outlets where you will find impressive savings at 100 outlet stores including Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Brooks Brothers, Coach, Guess, Neiman Marcus Last Call, Polo Ralph Lauren and more.

Sponsored by the Plano Convention & Visitors Bureau and Allen Convention & Visitors Bureau

Live and hoplIKE THE EwINGS

Southfork Ranch

This tour will start at Thistle Hill, a beautiful mansion from the 1900s that was built for the daughter of one of Fort Worth’s wealthiest cattle barons. As wealth increased in Fort Worth, the appreciation for the arts and the construction of beautiful museums followed. You will see this during the tour of Fort Worth’s Cultural District, home to five renowned museums including the Kimbell Art Museum, housing the only Michelangelo painting in the Americas, the Amon

Carter Museum and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. This tour will finish in Sundance Square, a 35-block pedestrian-friendly entertainment district in the heart of downtown. Sundance Square is the home to the Chisholm trail mural, the Heritage trails, the Sid Richardson Museum and the Bass Performance Hall, considered to be one of the top ten opera houses in the world.


TOUR 9

How Cattle Barons, Publishers and Oilmen

Turn “Cowtown” into One of the Top

Cultural Destinations in the Country.

The

Ultimate Cowboys & Culture Experience: Part II

Bass Performance Hall

Thistle Hill

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

TOUR 10

Allen Premium Outlets




12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.


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