Dallas Market Hall

What a terrible festival venue!!! LAN (Lights All Night) 2015 was a ****storm because of a variety of factors. Let’s begin with the fact that they were way over capacity with 30K festival goers, and had to turn ticket-​buyers away in the middle of the fest. Welp, I’m sure you shouldn’t be getting that kind of treatment after paying $ 160 – 250!
The restrooms were so outdated. Like, the men’s restroom flooded on Day 1, and the larger women’s also was messed up on Day 2. The pathetic «water-​stations» were the old-​fashioned 4 water fountains, 2 per stage area. When you miss an entire set for water and a single restroom break, you’d understand my anger. Good thing Thomas Jack wasn’t that great lol.
And don’t get me started on the LAN security. I have heard about how DFW festivals are a huge pain because of security measures and stuff but it was a whole different level here. These people would not let people in from the smaller stage area to the main stage because there was a fire hazard and they were waiting on the fire marshall to come by and check it. Wow. You stall festival goers for HOURS and expect us to be happy? My girl had to use the restroom on Day 2 and we mistakenly went to the small stage area and got locked in until 30 min and then had to wait another 20 for the restrooms on the other side.
The sound system was shotty on the main stage. C’mon, LAN staff, make sure the freaking MAIN STAGE is on-​point. That’s what makes the quality of the festival worth it. Porter Robinson (bae) had some technical difficulty at one point but the overall quality was in-​and-​out. Like, we want to hear more than just low bass… If we were far away from the stage we just heard the bass lol.
Thankfully, I didn’t have to deal with that awful parking situation because my friends and I found free parking. We braced the chilly weather and saved a gnarly $ 40!~ and boosted our immune system.
Move it back to the Convention Center, y’all. That way, you greedy LAN people will regain some respect and trust. IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, and a fun time. Don’t deprive us of it just because the venue is cheaper…

Came here today for the RV Show! It was my very first one and I was excited to say the least. I had talked to a few people who had been but had no idea what to expect on my own.
The showcase was nice I did notice that many of the RV’S info was not out on display and many people were wanting questions answered on certain things. Guess they got a late start
They had so many of them in every price range you could imagine from $ 17,000 all the way up to $ 1 million dollars. I have never so much beauty on wheels.
My family and i will going home and praying about this one! Since we Love to Travel I have a strange feeling this won’t be the last time they hear from us. Lol

Agree with other reviewers — dated and parking is vast but in horrible shape. Bathrooms are few, concrete floor is not ideal, and the stairs at the back of the venue are just stupid — people were waiting in line to go upstairs. The only positive I experienced during the recent car show was they had the sense to bring in 2 food services (one was On the Border) so food other than their crappy hot dogs and burgers were available. It does have easy access to I-​35 and Harry Hines.

Decent place that can hold quite a lot of people. Attended the half price book sale here. It was enough room for people to move around freely, all the boxes of books, tables, and food stalls. The bathrooms were clean.
The place seemed slightly run down though. Parking behind the building. Enough to accommodate.

I came here for the Stance Nation Car Show. I did think it would be bigger but it was still a good size place. The parking on the Backside could use some repairs.

This is a very dated building and clearly showing it’s age. The parking lot is absolutely in terrible shape. They really need to repave, repaint, redesign… just start over.
Also, I was a little perturbed that they don’t hang signs to show you where to go for your event.
However, it’s a decently-​sized space, and they kept the hall relatively cool, especially given the number of people. That is saying something in Texas.
It has a convenient location to downtown and I-​35E, which is nice.
All in all, I would attend an event at this convention center again, but it’s not the nicest building I’ve been to for an event.

Here for a sweepstakes assignment for Great Danes. Gotta say I was impressed to see they have valet parking available.
I came here a day early to survey the scene, get a feel of for the driving time, familiarize myself with the parking lot, entrances, etc.
It’s sorta chaoitic outside because they’re doing construction on the Rennaissance Hotel next door. Parking lot seemed very full and spaces were limited.
The event I was here for was set up well. I was able to see all of the ring numbers, find the show superintendents table, various entrance/​exits, vendors, restrooms.
I thought the crating area was well planned and not excessivly far from any of the show rings.
Have already put in my mind that it may be worth the drive for shows here in the future.

Came here for the annual Home and Garden Show. Parking was horrible. Items for sale and displays were awesome :)

I took my kids to see Discover the Dinsaurs here. Let me tell you it was not a pleasant experience. Far too crowded because Dallas Market Hall thought it smart to schedule this event along side the Garden Show. UGH! The crowds were horrible and parking was even worse. We stood in line for 35 minutes just to get inside to stand in another line for about the same amount of time. When we finally got to see the exhibits of the dinosaurs it was dumb. My kids weren’t buying it. At the very end of the exhibits was a play area with bounces houses, mini golf, and face painting. The only thing that didn’t cost extra was the bounce houses. MORE LINES! After waiting for an hour to let my kids play on a bounce house for 5 minutes we finally got the hell out of this place! Leaving was the only part of the whole experience where we didn’t wait in a line or have any issues.

Great place for an RV show. No complaints.

I’ve been here twice, and both times I felt like the parking lots needed to be repaved and more signs put in place to know where to go.

I came here for the annual Jewelry show and it was ok. Parking lot is large here but it needs to be renovated badly. The venue seems dated (it’s VERY old) but it serves its purpose well. It gives vendors a decent place to display their goods. It’s not the nicest convention center out there but it’s decent.

All sorts of events, shows and things happen here. Big place, parking is kinda crazy. Easy to get back on the highway. Minutes from Downtown. Market Hall has been around for ages.