What Happens When/If it Rains on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge Party?

Posted on February 23rd, 2012 4:30pm by Tim Rogers
Filed under Architecture, Meteorology

The big al fresco party for the opening of the Large Marge is next Friday. I am most definitely looking forward to getting Champagne drunk and dancing with Jim Schutze to the musical stylings of Lyle Lovett. Hang on, though. The 10-day forecast calls for rain. That right there, that could be a problem. I asked the PR rep for the organizers what the contingency plan was. The response: “Should it rain, we have a plan.”

I’m reading between the lines here, but here’s what I think that means: in the eventuality of inclement weather, the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge party will be moved under the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. Should the river rise too high, everyone will be issued a personal floatation device and a canoe decorated by Todd Fiscus. Gonna be a night to remember.

4 comments

  1. The forecast says 0% precip on Saturday, so Friday might be a mess. However, I’m sure that something costing $200 a ticket includes a nice tent and heat lamps.

    @ 5:01 pm on February 23, 2012

  2. Rain plan is Gilley’s

    @ 11:48 pm on February 23, 2012

  3. This DBJ article says the bridge opening is now Mar 29th (vs Mar 5th). Not sure if they are postponing all of next weekend’s festivities:

    http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2012/02/23/Dallas-postpones-new-bridge-opening.html

    @ 9:40 am on February 24, 2012

  4. What about a nice Cristo-like tarp over the whole thing?

    @ 8:07 am on February 25, 2012