\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe city\u2019s signature annual Allen USA event is being held this weekend, celebrating both America\u2019s 250th birthday and Allen\u2019s 150th anniversary.<\/p>\n
The overview<\/p>\n
The free event will be held from 6-10 p.m. June 27 at Celebration Park, located at 701 N. Angel Parkway, Allen. No tickets or registration are needed for attendees, but guests 18 and younger must enter the event with a parent or guardian, the city\u2019s website states.<\/p>\n
The event will feature live music, a skydiving show, more than a dozen food trucks and one of the largest fireworks shows in North Texas, a news release<\/a> states.<\/p>\n Transportation and parking<\/p>\n Various streets surrounding the event will be closed to traffic<\/a> during the event, per the city\u2019s website.<\/p>\n A free shuttle service will be available starting at 5 p.m. Attendees can park at Allen High School at 300 Rivercrest Blvd., Allen, and board the shuttle at the school\u2019s front entrance roundabout. The shuttle will operate until 11 p.m., but will pause service from 9 p.m. until the conclusion of the fireworks finale. Pets, canopies, glass containers, alcohol and large coolers are not allowed on shuttles, according to the city\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Remote park-and-walk sites are available at Story Elementary, located at 1550 Edelweiss Drive, Allen, as well as at Olson Elementary, located at 1751 E. Exchange Parkway, Allen. There will also be a dedicated drop-off and pick-up site for attendees using rideshare services at Children\u2019s Lighthouse, located at 1605 E. Main St., Allen.<\/p>\n Parking will be not available at Allen ISD Eagle Stadium, Anderson Early Childhood Center or Curtis Middle School, the city\u2019s website states.<\/p>\n One more thing<\/p>\n Attendees can receive event notices and weather alerts by texting \u201cAUSA\u201d to 618-589-1337 or by registering as \u201cgoing\u201d on the event\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n For a detailed event map<\/a>, full schedule of events and additional information, visit www.allenusa.org<\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city\u2019s signature annual Allen USA event is being held this weekend, celebrating both America\u2019s 250th birthday and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1242,124475,124472,124473,124474,112094,124471,712,124476,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-349103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen","tag-allen-4th-of-july","tag-allen-fireworks","tag-allen-fireworks-show","tag-allen-fourth-of-july","tag-allen-usa","tag-allen-usa-event","tag-dallas-fort-worth","tag-heb-allen-usa","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}