New Dallas Mavericks Arena

[RasheedsBigWhiteSpot]

https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/nba/...7bc7cd3242

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

Man, downtown Dallas is going to be a ghost town. I would've been pissed about this a couple of years ago. I rarely go to games now though. I think I am officially old. I hate crowds. And people.

[Winter]

Man, downtown Dallas is going to be a ghost town.

Probably better access for most of the metroplex... and asking City Hall to make decisions like this would have taken forever. 

I'd personally rather see it in downtown, but a lot of people in North Dallas are probably happy about it.

[RasheedsBigWhiteSpot]

Probably better access for most of the metroplex... and asking City Hall to make decisions like this would have taken forever. 

I'd personally rather see it in downtown, but a lot of people in North Dallas are probably happy about it.

As of now, I live 5 minutes away. But 5 years is a long time.

[BoredAssistant]

This probably kills my dream of 2 basketball teams. Slick move Dumont. Driving to the South Side kept taking longer and longer over the decades for the North Side. I still maintain this metroplex can support two teams.

[Winter]

Dallas Morning News article

"The positives to Valley View

Unlike the potential months, perhaps years, it would take to tear down and clear City Hall, the Valley View site has been vacant since 2015 and structure-free since 2023. There’s also no footprint-size concerns. The 104 acres are more than twice the amount the Mavericks said they needed for a downtown site. And there are ingress-egress options with Interstate 635 to the south, the Dallas North Tollway to the west and Preston Road to the east."

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/maveri...286030.php

[RoyTarpleysGhost]

That area where 635 and Tollway meet is already a traffic nightmare.

[michaeltex]

At least there's a Chuck E Cheese close by for office parties and catering...