Casa Manana

After Dallas was selected to be the site of the official Texas Centennial Celebration in 1936, Amon G. Carter started making plans for a celebration in Fort Worth. Several acres of a nearby cow pasture were to become a midway of exhibits, sideshows, a Wild West show and a musical circus. At the center of the complex was to be a huge outdoor amphitheatre and restaurant called Casa Maeana, The House Of Tomorrow. Instead, Carter hired Broadway producer Billy Rose to provide the Show of Shows for Fort Worth. In just a several weeks, the cow pasture was transformed into Casa Maeana, housing the world's biggest revolving stage and accommodating 4, 000 guests.