The Toyota Music Factory
(originally known as Irving Music Factory)
is an
entertainment complex
A family entertainment center, often abbreviated FEC in the entertainment industry also known as an indoor amusement park, family amusement center, family fun center, or simply fun center, is a small amusement park marketed towards families with s ...
located in the
Las Colinas neighborhood of
Irving,
Texas
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.
Developed by the ARK Group, City of Irving and designed by architecture firm
Gensler
Gensler is a global design and architecture firm founded in San Francisco, California, in 1965.
In 2021, Gensler generated $1.235 billion in revenue, the most of any architecture firm in the U.S. As of 2021, Gensler operated offices in 49 citi ...
, for roughly
$US175 million,
the
live music venue holds more than 8,000 spectators. The development is slated to include 300,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, 100,000 square feet concert hall and amphitheater with 8,000 capacity, an outdoor event plaza and 100,000 square feet of office.
History
In 2007, voters in Irving agreed to finance an entertainment center near
Texas State Highway 114
State Highway 114 (SH 114) is a state highway that runs from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex westward across Texas to the state border with New Mexico, where it becomes New Mexico State Road 114, which eventually ends at Elida, New Mexico at US ...
.
In 2014, The ARK Group announced that a new entertainment district near the
Irving Convention Center was planned for Irving, Texas.
The venue was originally scheduled to open as the "Irving Music Factory" on September 1, 2017, with a live performance by comedian
Dave Chappelle. However, construction delays caused the September 1 opening to be cancelled.
On September 8, The ARK Group announced that venue was being renamed the Toyota Music Factory and would open the following day with a
ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. For 51 years, they comprised vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and vocalist-bassist Dusty Hill, until Hill's death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sou ...
concert as its inaugural event.
The venue formally opened on September 9.
Layout
The complex consists of of food and retail space which includes a movie theater and bowling alley. Alongside these facilities lies a 4,000-seat indoor music theatre, "The Pavilion at the Toyota Music Factory" whose wall can retract to create an open-air pavilion capable of seating an additional 4,000 people on its lawn.
Developers
;The ARK Group
The ARK Group, owned by Noah Lazes and Richard Lazes, is a developer who focuses on mixed-use developments and entertainment zones. Previous projects include the original Music Factory in Charlotte, North Carolina and Level Entertainment Venue in Miami, Florida.
;Gensler
Gensler is a global design firm with 44 offices and over 5,000 architects, interior architects, planners and designers. Previous projects include sports/entertainment district L.A. Live and MGM CityCenter. Gensler Dallas, who designed Irving's Music Factory, has a portfolio of mixed-use developments including
Legacy West and The Star in Frisco.
External links
The Pavilion at Toyota Music FactoryToyota Music Factory
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