Concert in Your Car

Texas Rangers to host drive-up concerts in lieu of baseball in June

Pat Green will play a concert on June 6.

Photo courtesy of Pat Green

UPDATE: After the initial concerts sold out quickly, the Rangers have added a second concert each day at 5 pm, with separate tickets required for both concerts. Tickets will go on sale at 12 pm on Friday, May 15.

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While baseball — and all sports — is on hold during the coronavirus pandemic, the Texas Rangers have come up with a way to entertain fans from the comfort of their own cars. Dubbed QuikTrip Concert in Your Car presented by Energy Transfer, the four-day concert series will take place June 4-7 in a parking lot outside of Globe Life Field in Arlington.

The series will feature live performances by Eli Young Band (June 4), Whiskey Myers (June 5), Pat Green (June 6), and Josh Abbott Band & Kevin Fowler (June 7).

All concerts will be located in Tundra Lot B, just north of Globe Life Field, complete with jumbo screens to ensure all attendees have a great view of the bands and audio available through a specially designated FM radio channel.

“We are eager to once again start providing entertainment to our fans and to be able to offer the experience in a way that takes into account health and safety guidelines,” says Rangers Executive Vice President, Sports & Entertainment Sean Decker, in a statement. “We have a full slate of bands, and each will present an exciting show every night.”

Concerts will start at 9 pm, with parking lots opening one hour prior to each show. Tickets will be $40 per vehicle for each show, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation to support their ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts.

If you want to guarantee yourself a prime parking spot, you can purchase special VIP package for $80, with guaranteed access in the first two rows of the parking lot.

A presale will be offered to Texas Rangers season ticket members, as well as fan bases of each night’s performing artist, starting on May 13. TexasRangers.com registered users can buy tickets starting on May 14.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 15 at 10 am at texasrangers.com/concertinyourcar. All ticket sales will be available online only. Attendees are permitted to bring food and drink in their vehicles.

All concerts are subject to change in order to follow safety and health guidelines, or in the case of inclement weather.

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Party Is Over

Party City chain to close all stores including 9 in Fort Worth

Party City

A chain of stores where the party is always going on is closing down: Party City will close all of its stores and has initiated layoffs, effective immediately. According to CNN, CEO Barry Litwin told corporate employees that Party City has to “commence a winddown process immediately,” and that Friday would be their last day of work for the company.

However, the actual store locations, including those around North Texas, will be open until February 28.

Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, Party City is largest party goods retailer in the U.S. — the go-to destination for every type of celebration, with more than 700 company-owned and franchise store locations across North America selling home decor, candles, balloons, wrapping paper, tableware, bulk candy, baking supplies, and more.

A typical Party City store ranges in size from 10,000 to 12,000 square feet and carries approximately 30,000 items. Halloween accounts for as much as one-quarter of yearly sales, but they celebrate all seasonal holidays, from New Year's Eve to the Fourth of July to Father's Day to Super Bowl Sunday, and offer a wide array of merchandise for birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, wedding and bridal showers, and baby showers.

Party and costume merchandise has become more competitive in recent years, with companies like the budget-focused Spirit Halloween expanding beyond its Halloween pop-ups into “Spirit Christmas” stores, as well as competition from Amazon and other online retailers.

In 2023, the chain filed for bankruptcy, then emerged with a plan that included transitioning into a privately held company and canceling nearly $1 billion in debt. At that time, there were approximately 800 U.S. stores.

There are 64 stores in Texas, with 9 in the Fort Worth area, as follows:

Arlington
Burleson
Denton
Euless
Fort Worth
Hurst
Lake Worth
Mansfield
Watauga

Dallas-Fort Worth stores have already started sales between 5 and 50 percent off.

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