The 277 acre park is home to the Cot­ton Bowl, State Fair of Texas, a half dozen venues, 9 muse­ums, and the largest col­lec­tion of Art Deco build­ings in the world. Most of it was built in 1936 for the Texas Cen­ten­ni­al Expo­si­tion. While most vis­i­tors go to t