A historic North Texas venue that once billed as the world’s largest privately owned exhibition hall could soon become part of a sprawling data center redevelopment.
Dallas’ Market Hall is no longer booking events, according to The Dallas Morning News. Market Hall officials and city zoning records reviewed by the publication indicate the building sits on a series of parcels where Dallas-based Crow Holdings plans to develop a 40-acre data center campus.
“Crow Holdings, the owner of Dallas Market Center, has explored redevelopment options for the property they own across Market Center Boulevard, including Market Hall, for the past 15 years,” Dallas Market Center spokesperson Cole Daugherty told The Dallas Morning News.
Crow Holdings and Dallas Market Center did not immediately respond to Chron’s request for comment by the time of publication.
Dallas Market Center was founded in 1957 by Dallas developer Trammell Crow. Three years later, Market Hall opened at 2200 N. Stemmons Fwy., across from the main campus, as the complex’s only building open to the public.
Over the decades, the venue has hosted a wide range of festivals, trade shows and consumer events, including the Dallas Autorama, Taste of Dallas, the Dallas International Guitar Festival, boat and RV shows, and home and garden expos.
On July 29, a Dallas Market Center spokesperson confirmed to WFAA that Market Hall had stopped booking future events “months ago as strategic redevelopment options [were] evaluated.”
In January, Crow Holdings announced its flagship data center campus in Central Dallas.
Crow Holdings said the project would span about 40 acres along the Stemmons Corridor, one of the nation’s most strategically positioned locations for digital infrastructure, according to a prior news release.
The initial phase will include a 70-megawatt data center, developed by CleanArc Data Centers on a currently vacant site, with completion expected by late 2027. Once fully built out, the campus is expected to grow into a 245-megawatt data center supported by an onsite substation.
Representatives for Crow Holdings requested zoning verification and determination letters earlier this month for multiple parcels that include the Market Hall site, according to The Dallas Morning News. City documents reviewed by the publication show the first building in the planned campus is expected to be five stories tall.