{"id":434675,"date":"2026-09-13T11:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434675\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T11:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:26:08","slug":"memories-of-fort-worth-convention-center-will-be-fond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/434675\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of Fort Worth Convention Center will be fond"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

The Olympic Torch visited the Fort Worth Convention Center in 1984.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram file photo<\/p>\n

Done up<\/p>\n

March 3, 1975, was a most memorable night at the Tarrant County Convention Center (now the Fort Worth Convention Center). A few weeks earlier, we had gone to a Boz Scaggs concert billed as a unique black-tie event. We were so out of place in T-shirts and jeans, we decided to go all out for the next concert: a long white dress, white hat, heels, white tuxedo, top hat and cane.<\/p>\n

That show was Led Zeppelin. Turned out we were the only ones dressed up. Folks thought we were VIPs and would part as we walked the corridors and to our seats.<\/p>\n

We saw a lot of concerts at the convention center: Willie Nelson, Paul McCartney, ZZ Top, Neil Diamond, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Grand Funk Railroad. But that night in \u201975 will never be forgotten. (Sept. 6, 3A, \u201cSwan song; Fort Worth\u2019s \u2018flying saucer\u2019 prepares to take its place in rock \u2018n\u2019 roll heaven<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n

– Jim and Katie Hargrove, Fort Worth<\/p>\n

Evel memory<\/p>\n

Every article I read leaves out that Evel Knievel did a show at the convention center arena. My dad took me, and the memories are great. RIP, Fort Worth Convention Center.<\/p>\n

– Riff Wright, Aledo<\/p>\n

Paxton excellence<\/p>\n

Thanks to Ryan Rusak for the column on James Talarico<\/a>, pointing out how he actually goes against what Texans support. (Sept. 9, 12A, Talarico\u2019s loony lefty talk wasn\u2019t as long ago as he wants you to think\u201d) His \u201cformer beliefs\u201d cannot be justified to have swiftly changed. I find it hard to believe he was elected to a Texas government position in the first place.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m voting for Ken Paxton because of his excellent history as Texas attorney general. That tells me how his serious work ethic will continue when he wins the Senate job.<\/p>\n

– Anita Sheppard, Fort Worth<\/p>\n

Serpent\u2019s voice<\/p>\n

Bud Kennedy\u2019s Sept. 6 column, \u201cPaxton says \u2018by the grace of God\u2019 he\u2019s running against Talarico. Oh really?<\/a>\u201d (1C) describes how some Christian ministers support Ken Paxton. Kennedy reasonably stayed away from the obvious religious interpretation \u2014 that these ministers are voices of the serpent telling their parishioners to partake of the fruits of Paxton and Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

– Daniel McElroy, Arlington<\/p>\n

No choice<\/p>\n

Ryan Rusak in his Sept. 3 column \u201cWhat Paxton apologists aren\u2019t saying about him \u2014 because they can\u2019t<\/a>\u201d (6C) asked for a paragraph explaining why Ken Paxton should be elected to the U.S. Senate. Unfortunately, I can think of only one reason: because he\u2019s running as a Republican.<\/p>\n

Paxton represents all that is wrong with politics today. Virtue and morality are no longer necessary qualifications for candidates in either party. If they were, Paxton would never have been nominated.<\/p>\n

As a longtime Republican voter, I am disgusted by the choice I\u2019m offered for senator. Republicans deserve to lose this race for offering such a flawed candidate. I can\u2019t vote for James Talarico. His proposals and beliefs are too liberal for Texas, and what he claims as Bible-based positions are misguided at best. But I can\u2019t hold my nose and vote for Paxton, either.<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t be staying home in November, but I also won\u2019t vote for either candidate.<\/p>\n

– Dan Gardner, Burleson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Olympic Torch visited the Fort Worth Convention Center in 1984. Fort Worth Star-Telegram file photo Done up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-434675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434675","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=434675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}