Super Bowl shining spotlight on Houston park success story (Yahoo Sports)

The go-to place for many of the Super Bowl related festivities in Houston this week hasn't been a swanky nightclub or a hard to get into restaurant but a popular 12-acre park that has helped revitalize the downtown area as well as become the heart of the city for many local residents. Discovery Green, which is expected to have 1 million visitors as the site of the Super Bowl Live fan festival, didn't even exist the last time Houston hosted the big game in 2004. Discovery Green has also been one of the best examples of ongoing efforts around the country to make parks and green spaces engines of economic revitalization as well as focal points for their communities, according to parks and urban planning groups.