October 1996 to February 2017 it was owned and operated by Raul Ramirez who also operates the restaurant Raul's Corral Mexican Restaurant adjacent to the ballroom. In 2017, restorations were made to the historic venue. The ballroom became a 23,000 square feet indoor-outdoor space that could be configured to host a variety of events and group sizes up to 2,550 indoors and over 5,000 outdoors in the Longhorn Park on the Trinity River. The Longhorn Ballroom has been temporarily closed since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. References Noel E. Monk: 12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America, HarperCollins (1992) Google books Loretta Lynn, with Patsi Bale Cox: Still Woman Enough: A Memoir, Hyperion (2002) Google books Patsy Montana, Jane C. Frost: Patsy Montana: The Cowboy's Sweetheart, McFarland & Company (2002) Google books Music venues in Dallas