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Arlington
City in Texas, United States

Arlington

Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.

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It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal city of the metropolis and region. The city had a population of 394,266 in 2020, making it the second-largest city in the county after Fort Worth and the third-largest city in the metropolitan area, after Dallas and Fort Worth. Arlington is the 51st-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in the state of Texas, and the largest city in the state that is not a county seat.

Get in

Getting to Arlington

All the major American carriers, and many international ones as well, provide scheduled passenger service into the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, located about 12 miles north of Arlington on Hwy. 360. There are two Amtrak routes which serve Dallas/Fort Worth, the Texas Eagle between San Antonio and Chicago, and the Heartland Flyer between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    River Legacy Living Science Center
  2. 02
    International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame

    621 Six Flags Dr, info@bowlingmuseum.com.

  3. 03
    Arlington Museum of Art

    201 W Main St, arlingtonmuseum@gmail.com.

  4. 04
    National Medal of Honor Museum
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    AT&T Stadium

    Colloquially known as "Jerry World", this stadium is home of the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys.

  2. 02
    Texas Rangers Baseball

    The Rangers opened the new Globe Life Field, a retractable-roof ballpark that replaced Globe Life Park (since renamed Choctaw Stadium) across the street, in 2020.

  3. 03
    College Park Center

    Home of the UT Arlington Mavericks (University of Texas at Arlington) teams in men's and women's basketball plus women's volleyball, and also houses athletic program offices.

  4. 04
    North Texas SC

    Men's soccer team playing in the third-level MLS Next Pro as the reserve side for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.

  5. 05
    Arlington Renegades

    Football team playing during the spring in the second-level United Football League.

  6. 06
    Arlington Music Hall

    224 N Center St, info@arlingtonmusichall.org.

Eat

Where to eat

Kabob House, 2816 S Cooper St. Iranian cuisine with lunch buffet. Jambos BBQ at Division Street, 1724 W Division St,. Cobbler, burnt ends, etc. Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Cafe, 4301 S. Bowen. Cafe Acapulco, 4001 W Green Oaks Blvd, Ste 121,. Campo Verde, 2918 W Pioneer Pkwy. Catfish Sam's, 2735 W Division St,. No Frills Grill. Three in the Metroplex.

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