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Texas snags massive new Netflix House packed with fan experiences

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Netflix House will feature a Squid Game experience similar to this one in New York City.

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Tickets are now on sale for Texas' first Netflix House, an immersive venue that's a combination of Netflix merch store, film house, and restaurant-bar, opening at Galleria Dallas on December 11. So far, there are no plans to bring the experience to San Antonio.

The concept allows fans to immerse themselves in their favorite shows, and presumably, spend money on merch. It will have themed clothing, themed food, and interactive elements such as a Squid Game-themed obstacle course.

Dallas is one of the few cities that will host this attraction, along with Las Vegas and Philadelphia, and Texas' only locale. For its locations, Netflix selected former department store locations spanning footprints of more than 100,000 square feet in shopping centers. Fans will be treated to sculptures and murals featuring characters from Netflix titles, as well as rotating installations with ticketed shows, and restaurants with themed dishes.

Ticket tiers
There are three tiers of ticket access, as follows:

November 7: AAdvantage Mastercard credit cardholders get first crack at tickets
November 14: Netflix House Dallas waitlist members
November 18: Public ticket sales

Some parts of Netflix House are free. Whether entering from the Galleria Dallas parking lot or from the mall entrance, guests can step into Netflix House and explore photo opportunities and moments inspired by characters and stories like Stranger Things, Squid Game, Bridgerton, Love is Blind, Wednesday, Floor is Lava, and the WWE.

Ticket offerings
Ticketed offerings take a deeper dive into the worlds of Netflix shows and movies, including experiences like:

Squid Game: Survive the Trials — It's your turn to enter the arena. Play diabolical games, face off against the Front Man, and betray your friends for a chance to win it all. And for the first time, this experience will feature games from Season 3, the series conclusion.
Stranger Things: Escape the Dark — Journey into the ruins of Hawkins to find three missing townspeople…before the horrors lurking within find you.
Netflix RePLAY — Forget the arcade. The game room's packed with physical challenges, immersive story rooms, and retro-style games where you can take on your friends, or play as a team. From Army of the Dead and Sakamoto Days, to KPop Demon Hunters, to Big Mouth and Physical 100 — many more fan favorites will be found here.

Ticket prices
Ticket prices will vary depending on date, time, and the activity or feature experience.

Netflix RePLAY Game Cards starting at $10.
Tickets for Squid Game: Survive the Trials start at $39.
Tickets for Stranger Things: Escape the Dark start at $45.

And if you crave yet more ways to spend money, you can:

Dine at Netflix Bites, a casual, full-service restaurant with food and cocktails that play on Netflix films and series.
Play updated versions of arcade games at the RePLAY Arcade
Stop by the Netflix Shop to take home exclusive Netflix House Dallas merchandise.

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Forbes ranks San Antonio among the worst cities for holiday travel

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San Antonio Airport passengers can put their feet up knowing their airport is one of the most reliable in the country.

If it seems like holiday travel is bad this year, that's because it is. A new study by Forbes Advisor ranked San Antonio as the sixth-worst city when it comes to domestic traveling during the peak winter season.

The good news is that San Antonio is better than its Texas neighbors. Dallas ranked No. 1 and Houston No. 3.

The bad news? San Antonio is pretty bad by their measurement.

Scores in the study were determined by averaging several factors, mostly centered around cost. These include the average price of a nightly hotel stay, the average cost of a renting a car for one day, money spent on daily meals, the average cost of airfare, percentage of cancelled flights, number of annual passengers per gate, hours of traffic annually, the amount of entertainment per person per year, amount of fatal traffic accidents and crime, and the entertainment per person annually.

Combined, these factors give travelers a rough idea of what a stay in the city might look like, though obviously individual experiences will vary wildly from the data.

Factors weighing Alamo City down include the second highest average daily car rental ($58.90, beaten only by San Francisco, California), tying with Dallas for the highest percentage of cancelled flights (24 percent), the second-highest number of passengers per gate (202,407, after Sacramento, California's 208,719), one of the lowest scores for arts and entertainment per 100,000 people, and the second-highest number of fatal car crashes per year.

However, the city ranks well in terms of food and drink per 100,00 people and average cost of a nightly hotel stay ($192.20). San Antonio also has the second-lowest rate of violent crime per 100,000, trailing only Honolulu, Hawaii, albeit distantly.

The numbers for the San Antonio International Airport (SAT) should be taken with a grain of salt. The Forbes Advisor study covers 2022-2024. SAT h as had a marked decline in airport traffic since 2024, losing 2.4 percent in a year.

Despite that, SAT is still ranked 13th in overall customer satisfaction by the 2025 J.D. Power survey, showing that while the gates may be busy, travelers don't seem to mind flying in and out of the city. And upcoming improvements, like the $2.5 billion third terminal and an array of new locally owned food options, might make it more attractive yet.

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