Media
Press Releases
Tourism Developments
Photo Gallery
Events Calendar
Visitors
Meeting Professionals
Travel Trade
Fort Worth For Media
Press Releases

2007 Fort Worth Fact Sheet


Date: 04/10/2007

Fort Worth (fondly known as ?Cowtown?) is the seat of Tarrant County, situated in North Central Texas and part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Year founded: 1849
City of Fort Worth Population: 661,850
Tarrant County Population: 1,628,200
Fort Worth/Dallas CMSA Population: 6,014,750
National Ranking:
18th Largest City in the United States, and 5th fastest growing city in U.S. of 100,000 or more
Source: North Central Texas Council of Governments

Airport: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), located 17.5 miles from Fort Worth; one of the busiest airports in the world with an average 1,947 daily departures and arrivals and service to more than 150 cities worldwide.

Hotel rooms:
Total: 11,300
Total downtown: 1,400
Total hotels/motels in Fort Worth: 135

Hotel tax: 15%; breaks down to 6% state, 9% city
Sales tax: 8.25%
Average room rate: Refer to current SSI Texas Hotel Fact Book
City occupancy percentage: Refer to current SSI Texas Hotel Fact Book

Visitors:
Estimated No. of out-of-town visitors to Fort Worth: 8.9 million*
(* Who stayed in a hotel, and/or came for an event at the Fort Worth Convention Center, and/or attended one of the major attractions, and/or attended a major event in the city)

Economic impact of visitors to Fort Worth: $1.2 billion in direct spending within the City of Fort Worth, and much more in the Fort Worth area.

Transportation:
Trinity Railway Express (DFW International Airport to downtown Fort Worth): $2.50
Cab from DFW International Airport to downtown Fort Worth: $52*
Yellow Checker Shuttle (Airporter) from DFW Airport to downtown Fort Worth: $15*
Super Shuttle from DFW International Airport to downtown Fort Worth: $25*
*Approximate cost per person. Cab companies may charge for additional passengers. Price subject to change.

Climate Month Avg. High Avg. Low
Coldest month January 54 34
Hottest month July 95 75

Major Meeting Spaces:
Fort Worth Convention Center
? The $75 million Center expansion and renovation opened in May 2003. The renewed Fort Worth Convention Center now provides a total of 253,226 square feet of exhibit space; 41 breakout rooms for maximum flexibility (with a total of 58,849 meeting room space); a new 28,160-square-foot ballroom, and new and expanded dock facilities. The Center also features a 13,500-seat arena. The building?s exterior was redeveloped as well, giving it a completely new look. A public events plaza for outdoor gatherings now links the Fort Worth Water Gardens to the Convention Center?s new grand entrance.

Will Rogers Memorial Center
? 100,000 square feet of exhibit space
? 6,000 seat coliseum
? 3,000 seat theater
? Equestrian center with 2,000 seat arena; 1,000 all-metal stalls
? 170,000 square foot livestock facility with 1,000 seat show arena

Cowtown Coliseum
? 2,300 seat arena located in Stockyards National Historic District

Also refer to ?Unique Facilities? list available from Convention Services Department.

Media:
Major local newspapers: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (daily)
Fort Worth Business Press (weekly)
Fort Worth Weekly (weekly)
The Dallas Morning News (daily)
Dallas Business Journal (weekly)

Television stations: 9 network, 6 independent
Cable systems: 3 in Tarrant County
Radio stations: 95 FM and AM

The Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex ranks as the seventh largest Designated Marketing Area (DMA) for television markets in the United States.

Corporations based in Fort Worth:
ACME Brick Company; Alcon Laboratories; American Airlines; AmeriCredit Corp.; Bell Helicopter/Textron; The Bombay Co.; Burlington Northern Santa Fe; Carter & Burgess, Inc.; Cash America International; D.R. Horton; Justin Brands; Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems; Pier 1 Imports; RadioShack Corporation; Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing; XTO Energy Inc.

Contact Information
Kelly Campbell
Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau
Director of Marketing Communications
415 Throckmorton
Fort Worth, TX 76102-7410
phone: 817-336-8791 -- or -- 800-433-5747
fax: 817-336-3282