It’s a windy, 80-degree, early March day at the 1,000-acre construction site in Abilene, Texas codenamed Project Ludicrous, where 2,000 workers toil over what will soon be one of the world’s ...

Instead, the “pink” name is a nod to the arrival of blooming flowers at the beginning of spring. Specifically, the hot pink wildflower Phlox subulata, referred to as creeping phlox ...