After 66 years of trade shows and public spectacles, Dallas Market Hall appears to be entering its final chapter as its owner pivots the surrounding property toward a massive data center campus. The building’s last scheduled event is set for this weekend, and future bookings have reportedly stopped.
The Dallas Morning News reports that Crow Holdings plans a 245-megawatt, multi-building data center campus on roughly 40 acres in central Dallas. Crow Holdings says the first building is expected to deliver 70 megawatts in late 2027 and will be developed with CleanArc Data Centers.
Market Hall’s Event Calendar Is Already Winding Down
Dallas Market Center has moved wholesale trade events previously held at Market Hall into its core buildings, while a spokesperson told The Dallas Morning News that the hall is no longer booking events. That makes this weekend’s final scheduled event feel less like a routine calendar change and more like a possible farewell.
A 1960 Landmark Faces An AI-Era Reset
Market Hall opened in 1960 and remains the only Dallas Market Center building open to the public, according to the Dallas Market Center’s history. The venue became one of the most visible pieces of Trammell Crow’s original trade-center vision, hosting large public events while the rest of the campus focused largely on wholesale commerce.
The potential replacement is a very different kind of civic presence. Crow Holdings’ own corporate history says Trammell Crow developed the Dallas Market Center beginning in the 1950s, while the company now describes its Dallas data center project as infrastructure for hyperscale, artificial intelligence and network-heavy users.
The Planned Campus Is Bigger Than One Building
The proposed campus would rise along the Stemmons Corridor near major network interconnection hubs, including the Infomart and a data center at 2323 Bryan Street. Crow Holdings says the urban infill site was selected for its connectivity and ability to serve users that need large amounts of power and low-latency access.
The project announcement sets a late-2027 target for the first data center but does not provide a demolition date for Market Hall. For now, the clearest sign of change is operational: the event calendar is being wound down while the surrounding property moves toward Dallas’ increasingly data-driven future.
