Frisco

Downtown: a rebuilt Main Street and a city-hall square

Frisco has two centers. The historic Rail District runs along Main Street between the Dallas North Tollway and Preston Road, near the BNSF tracks. Frisco Square, a few blocks west, holds City Hall (the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center, 6101 Frisco Square Blvd.).

The city finished rebuilding Main Street from 1st Street to North County Road in 2026. The work widened sidewalks, added on-street parking on Elm Street, a five-level public garage and the rail-themed 4th Street Plaza (8800-8840 4th St.), which now hosts city events. Reported cost estimates range from $58.5 million to about $80 million.

Most downtown draws are restaurants in older houses and storefronts. Randy's Steakhouse (7026 Main St.) is in an 1869 Victorian house. The Heritage Table (7110 Main St.), a scratch kitchen in a 1917 house, was a James Beard Award semifinalist. Didi's Downtown (7210 Main St.) opened in 2018. Three Empires Brewing Co. (6990 Main St., Ste. 200) opened in 2023. Eight11 Place, Haystack Burgers and Barley, La Finca and Summer Moon round out the strip.

Outside downtown, the big destinations are The Star (5 Cowboys Way), Riders Field, the PGA district and Universal Kids Resort. The 20-acre resort opened July 1, 2026, in the Fields development.

A year of festivals, parades and sports

The city calendar runs from the Festival of Colors in March (Independence Parkway Practice Fields) to Merry Main Street in December. StrEATS, a food truck and music festival, held its 14th edition on May 2, 2026. Frisco Freedom Fest runs July 3-4. In 2026 the block party and fireworks moved to Riders Field (7300 RoughRiders Trail) because the city was hosting Sweden's World Cup base camp.

Oktoberfest takes place at The Star (Oct. 3 in 2026). November brings Bison and Blossoms at Frisco Commons and the Frisco Community Parade on Main Street (Nov. 14, 2026). Merry Main Street opens with the Santa and Friends Parade on Dec. 5, 2026, with the Frosty 5K and the city tree lighting. Toyota Stadium and the Ford Center host college championships and bowl games.

Parks, trails and lakes

The city lists more than 60 parks. The big community parks are B.F. Phillips (107 acres, 3335 Timber Ridge), which has ballfields, a dog park and an 18-hole disc golf course, and Harold Bacchus (114.5 acres, 13995 E. Main St.), which has a Miracle League field and a fully accessible playground. Warren Sports Complex (102 acres, 7599 Eldorado Pkwy.) adds tennis, pickleball and a stocked pond. Frisco Commons (63 acres, 8000 McKinney Rd.) has an amphitheater, a splash pad and the soft-surface Hope Park.

The newest is Northwest Community Park (122 acres, 14000 Teel Pkwy.). It opened Sept. 19, 2026, at a cost of about $40 million, with gravity bike trails, a 5-acre dog park, a splash pad and a prairie observation deck. Grand Park is planned at more than 1,000 acres. Construction on its 68-acre, $35 million first phase is set for 2027.

Frisco has no public lake shore of its own. Lewisville Lake at Little Elm Park is about 15 minutes west, Grapevine Lake about 32 minutes, and Ray Roberts and Lavon lakes are 46-51 minutes away.

Errands and health care

Groceries are in town. Frisco has two H-E-B stores: a 111,000 sq ft store at 4800 Main St. (2022) and a second at 899 University Dr., at US 380 and FM 423 (2024). There are also Kroger (3205 Main St.), three Tom Thumb stores (the newest at 11401 Coit Rd.), Costco (11220 Dallas Pkwy.), four Walmarts and several South and East Asian grocers.

Five hospitals operate inside the city: Texas Health Frisco (93 beds, 12400 Dallas Pkwy.), Baylor Scott & White-Frisco (118 beds, 5601 Warren Pkwy.), Baylor Scott & White-Centennial (118 beds, 12505 Lebanon Rd.), Medical City Frisco (98 beds, 5500 Frisco Square Blvd.) and Scottish Rite for Children's orthopedic center (5700 Dallas Pkwy.). Cook Children's 24-hour pediatric hospital is just north in Prosper (4100 W. University Dr.). The Frisco Public Library moved into a $62 million building at 8000 Dallas Pkwy. in 2023, about three times the size of the old space.

Schools

Frisco ISD covers most of the city and parts of Plano, McKinney, Little Elm, Prosper and The Colony. It enrolled about 62,700 students in 2025-26 across 12 high schools, 17 middle schools, 43 elementaries and several special campuses. The district earned an A (91) in TEA's 2026 ratings. All but one of its 76 rated schools earned an A or B; the C went to Staley Middle School, which closed this summer.

Your district depends on your address. Northern Frisco has Prosper ISD campuses, including Rock Hill High School (16061 Coit Rd.). Small areas in the west are in Lewisville ISD (Tom Hicks Elementary) and Little Elm ISD (Hackberry Elementary).

Getting around and public safety

The Dallas North Tollway runs north-south through the middle of the city, with SH 121 (Sam Rayburn Tollway) along the south edge, US 380 along the north and Preston Road (SH 289) on the east. Off-peak, our routing puts Legacy West about 9 minutes from downtown Frisco, downtown Plano about 26, Las Colinas 33, downtown Dallas 35, Love Field 34 and DFW Airport about 37. Rush hour and toll choices change these times.

Frisco Police headquarters is at 7200 Stonebrook Pkwy. Frisco Fire has 265 sworn and 34 civilian staff and runs its own ambulances. It holds an ISO Class 1 rating and both CFAI and CAAS accreditation. Station No. 10 opened in June 2025 at 2151 Fields Pkwy.

Not confirmed yet

• Total trail miles and total parkland acres (not on the city parks page).
• Campus-level 2026 TEA grades for Frisco ISD and for the Prosper, Lewisville and Little Elm ISD campuses in Frisco.
• Street addresses for Clark, Griffin, Pioneer Heritage, Wester and Roach middle schools (SchoolDigger middle-school list would not load).
• Which Lewisville ISD and Little Elm ISD middle and high schools the Frisco portions feed into, and whether Denton ISD covers any part of Frisco.
• Police sworn headcount (2025 annual report would not load).
• StrEATS 2026 venue, and 2026 dates for Arts in the Square.
• Universal Kids Resort street address.
• Grand Park's exact location and Phase 1 opening date.
• Final cost of the Rail District project ($58.5M vs. about $80M reported).
• Current count of Tom Thumb, Kroger and Walmart stores, and whether a Trader Joe's or Sprouts is open in city limits.