Klyde Warren Park will get a $200M expansion, Dallas city leaders announce

Dallas city leaders announced a new $200 million expansion at Klyde Warren Park.The 5.4-acre deck park helps connect the Uptown neighborhood to Downtown Dallas, and leaders hope the expansion will attract even more visitors and spur economic growth in the area.Expansion plans unveiledKlyde Warren Park opened in 2012 with a price tag of more than $100 million. But the park brings in hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. It’s already generated $6 billion in growth for Uptown and Downtown Dallas.Dallas leaders want to continue to build on that success. They hope to add another 1.7 acres of space over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway.The plans also call for a new event pavilion, reception spaces, and outdoor lawns for concerts that can also transform into an ice skating rink in the winter.The expansion will cost nearly $200 million with construction starting this fall.Jody Grant, the chairman of Klyde Warren Park, said talks of an expansion at Klyde Warren have been in the works for a wh