Dickies Arena is the western gateway to Fort Worth’s Cultural District, established nearly 90 years ago. Its primary finish material is clay brick in two blends and one flashed alternative. Smooth modular brick allow the arena’s design to honor the art deco architecture of nearby Will Rogers Memorial Center. Its free-span interior seats 9,300 as the new home for the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo. The arena sits atop an 18-foot plinth to house animals for the rodeo and services for conventions and other events like basketball and concerts for up to 14,000.
Architectural details include brick reveals that create animated corners and abstract colonnades across the elevations. Four curved grand entry porches showcase Texas prairie grasses and flowers, and the arena’s equestrian, music, and sports events in details, aluminum railings and grillwork. A pair of towering brick elements flank the arena’s north and south entrances and honor the newly restored brick Pioneer Tower four blocks to the northeast. The architects also used brick’s human scale to form grand sweeping curved walls at entry plazas and transitional building corners.
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