{"id":440228,"date":"2026-09-18T18:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440228\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:26:08","slug":"fort-worths-flying-saucer-arena-gets-a-final-farewell-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440228\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth&#8217;s &#8216;flying saucer&#8217; arena gets a final farewell this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 58 years of concerts, conventions and big moments, Fort Worth\u2019s iconic \u201cflying saucer\u201d arena is getting one last party.<\/p>\n<p>The city will host a free, family-friendly farewell event Sunday, Sept. 20, marking the arena\u2019s final event before its next chapter.<\/p>\n<p>The indoor festival, called \u201cIt\u2019s Goin\u2019 Down,\u201d will feature a 10,000-square-foot historical exhibit, vendor booths, face painting, photo booths, giveaways and commemorative merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be concessions and live music from the Emerald City Band and live DJ&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>The arena has been a fixture on Fort Worth\u2019s skyline since 1968, giving generations of residents plenty of memories to look back on \u2014 and one last chance to say goodbye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 58 years of concerts, conventions and big moments, Fort Worth\u2019s iconic \u201cflying saucer\u201d arena is getting one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,27],"class_list":["post-440228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440228","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=440228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}