- Advertisement - The Grand Prairie Center looks the same on the outside, but on the inside there will be extensive repairs going on to reverse the damage caused by water from burst water pipes. (Photo by Melissa Cason) The Grand Prairie Center has been closed since the building flooded in February when pipes burst due to extremely cold temperatures, but the restoration effort will be moving into a new phase in the coming weeks. Renee Robison, executive director of the Grand Prairie Center, said the original architectural firm, SCM Architects of Little Rock, has been brought in to develop a ...