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American Airlines' new airport security feature tops this week's 5 hottest Dallas headlines

Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.

1. American Airlines introduces new way to breeze through security at DFW Airport. As airports experience a crush of travel delays, American Airlines is making it easier to get through security checkpoints at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. American just rolled out its new Mobile ID feature at DFW. Anyone with a mobile phone, TSA PreCheck membership, AAdvantage number, and either a driver’s license or U.S. passport can now verify their identity with facial recognition at DFW’s security checkpoints.

2. Dallas pool bar Lee Harvey's Dive In opens in time for summer splashing. This is some propitious timing: Lee Harvey's Dive In, a new outdoor bar outfitted with built-in swimming pool, has arrived in the Cedars neighborhood, next door to its sibling and beloved dive bar Lee Harvey's. This urban oasis opened on June 18, in a corner lot at 1315 Beaumont St. that's been empty for nearly 20 years.

3. 3 Dallas restaurants have just opened but boo there are closures, too. Dallas may be on the brink of summer, and Dallas may also be in the center of a blazing heat wave. But that is not stopping the merry-go-round of restaurant openings and closures. A crop of newbies has risen, mere days after our June edition of Where to Eat, which itself included seven newly-opened restaurants. Sadly, there is also news of closures.

4. The official list of top 4th of July events and fireworks around Dallas-Fort Worth in 2022. While Fourth of July celebrations never truly stopped during the pandemic, the number of events noticeably decreased. But now, 2022 is packed to the gills with events all over Dallas-Fort Worth, including the return of a few that had been on hiatus until now. Here are the biggest and best Fourth of July celebrations taking place this year all around the DFW area.

5. New rooftop bar with skyline views opens in Dallas' Design District. There's a rooftop bar perched in Dallas' Design District: Called Sky Blu Rooftop Bar, it's located atop the Tru by Hilton Dallas Market Center, where it promises to offer the best view in the city. Probably not a better view than Reunion Tower, but maybe best view from a rooftop bar.

Get through the line and to the plane faster.

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Get through the line and to the plane faster.

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Women's sports

SMU to participate in $1M, made-for-TV volleyball event at AT&T Stadium

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Four women's college volleyball teams, including Dallas' SMU, will play for a total of $1 million in a made-for-TV exhibition at AT&T Stadium in August, event organizers announced Tuesday, May 5.

SMU, Florida, Nebraska, and Penn State are the participating teams in Spikes Under the Lights on August 27. Two semifinals will be followed by a final, with all played in a best-of-three set format designed to fit a three-hour broadcast window. Semifinal matchups and broadcast details will be announced later.

GSE Worldwide and Full Day Productions formed a partnership to put on the event. A Full Day spokeswoman said each team would be paid a $200,000 appearance fee. An additional $200,000 in prize money will be at stake, with the largest portion going to the winner. Sports Business Journal first reported the purse structure. Each school will decide how it distributes the money among players.

Spikes Under The Lights will be the first volleyball event of its kind at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Organizers plan for it to be an annual event with rotating participants.

“We are excited and honored to be part of this historic event that showcases the continued growth of women’s volleyball,” Nebraska coach Dani Busboom Kelly said. “This will be a great opportunity to face some talented teams in an iconic setting as we ramp up to the start of the season. It should be an awesome night and hopefully a lot of Husker fans will be able to experience it with us in Dallas.”

Nebraska hosted a 2023 outdoor volleyball event at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln that attracted a crowd of 92,003, the largest attendance ever recorded for a women's sporting event.

Spikes Under the Lights will feature three longtime powers and a program on the rise. SMU has played in three straight NCAAs and five overall. Penn State has made a record 45 NCAA Tournament appearances and won eight national championships. Nebraska has 44 NCAA appearances and five titles and Florida has 36 appearances.

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