Aw man! That's too bad. The State Fair is amazing!

You can base yourself in either downtown Dallas or Ft. Worth. You can take the TRE (rail) over to the other city. Ft. Worth doesn't have a rail line like Dallas, but you can Uber/Lyft anywhere easily. You will have to Uber to AT&T Stadium. You can buy resale tickets to a Cowboys game easily on Ticketmaster or Seat Geek (official Cowboys sponsor). They offer tours of AT&T Stadium most days. If you can't get a ticket to the Cowboys, the Mavericks (NBA) and the Stars (NHL) play in downtown Dallas at the American Airlines Center.

You can take the DART rail from Terminal A to downtown Dallas from D/FW Airport, but it's a long ride. You can Uber/Lyft from Dallas/Love Field Airport with no trouble.

Hotels I recommend:

Dallas: Hilton Anatole, Hyatt Regency Downtown, Omni Downtown, W Victory, Fairmont Downtown, Westin Downtown, The Highland near Mockingbird Station/SMU (Hilton Curio collection). All of those hotels are near a DART rail station. Anatole is the furthest from a station, but its only a 1/2 mile. Theres a Spring Hill Suites and Doubletree in the West End if you need a cheaper price point. If you stay downtown, avoid the Greyhound Station downtown at night at all costs. Not safe there.

If you have fancy tastes, there's the Ritz-Carlton, the Crescent, and Hotel Zaza in Uptown, all on the Trolley line that connects to the DART rail downtown. The Stoneleigh is nice too, but it's not on the trolley line.

Ft. Worth: Worthington Renaissance, Omni Downtown, Hyatt Place Stockyards, Hilton Downtown, Embassy Suites. There's also a Courtyard by Marriott, a Hampton Inn (Hilton brand), and an aLoft (W brand) for a cheaper stay. Ft. Worth has a better downtown atmosphere than Dallas especially at night.

A note about Vegas: I'm not a big gambler and I love it. The resorts on the Strip are awesome. Great food. Great shows. Amazing shopping. I'm going again next month.

This post was edited on 4/7/18 at 9:54 pm