United Way of Metropolitan Dallas is closing out its centennial year with a night the region has never seen before — a historic celebration at the Cotton Bowl featuring global icon Janet Jackson and country star Blake Shelton.

At least 30,000 people are expected to pack into Fair Park in Dallas starting in the afternoon for the huge celebration.

The Saturday night concert caps a yearlong spotlight on a century of work that continues to change lives across North Texas.

Founded in 1924, the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas has spent the last century uniting civic leaders, corporate partners, nonprofits and volunteers around one mission: improving access to education, income and health — the building blocks of opportunity.

That focus continues today with an approach grounded in hyper-loc

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