Fury, Southlake's stainless steel dragon

Southlake, Texas, United States

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Fury is a stainless-steel dragon about 28 feet tall, reported in 2024 to stand in a courtyard at the District 114 at Kimball Park development in Southlake, Texas. Dallas artists Brad Oldham and Christy Coltrin made it as a tribute to the Carroll Independent School District's Dragons; it was unveiled in August 2021.

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Fury is a stainless-steel dragon in a courtyard at District 114 at Kimball Park in Southlake, made as a tribute to the Dragons, the mascot of the Carroll Independent School District. Southlake Style described it in 2024 as overlooking Kimball Park.

Fort Worth Magazine reported in August 2021 that the eight-ton sculpture is 28 feet tall, with 304 stainless steel bones and a base handmade from steel and concrete. The magazine gave its wingspan as 40 feet 4 inches and repeated the claim that this is the largest wingspan of any stainless steel dragon in the world. The artist's own page lists it at 28 feet by 41 feet by 30 feet, and elsewhere in the same page as 27 feet tall.

It was made by Dallas artists Brad Oldham and Christy Coltrin. According to the magazine, the development's managing partner spent 18 months designing it with Oldham, the project took an estimated 10,800 hours, and the final wing was placed on 21 July. Southlake Style reported in 2024 that Oldham was commissioned in 2020. Oldham is also known for The Traveling Man, a trio of statues in Deep Ellum, Dallas.

Fury was unveiled at a private ceremony on 6 August 2021. The developer said it was meant to celebrate all Carroll Dragons, past, present and future, and a customised Airstream beside it sold Fury Athletix hats, with $1 from each going to the Carroll Education Foundation. The event had already raised $10,000, the magazine said.

The artist's page describes the dragon as surrounded by retail, restaurants, a hotel and offices. In 2021 360West Magazine placed it at the northwest corner of State Highway 114 and Kimball Avenue and said you can catch a glimpse of it from there.

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A courtyard sculpture reported in 2024 at a private mixed-use development of shops, restaurants, a hotel and offices. In 2021 a Fury Athletix hat stand operated beside it. Check with the development before entering the courtyard.

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District 114 at Kimball Park, at the northwest corner of State Highway 114 and Kimball Avenue, Southlake, Texas. It was reported in 2024 to be in a courtyard on private commercial property; 360West said in 2021 it can be glimpsed from the corner.

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