“ I'll say it up front: the team is not moving anywhere. We are the DALLAS Mavs. ” Quoted by The Dallas Morning News, Mark Cuban wants to reassure local fans. Despite announcing plans to sell the franchise to a family of casino owners in Las Vegas, the team will not leave the Texas city.
His speech does not prevent municipal councilors from taking action, and preventing any risk of departure. “ We must keep the 'Dallas' in Dallas Mavericks. I think this is an opportunity to start these discussions as soon as possible “, assures one of them, Paula Blackmon.
The latter, like several of its counterparts, and unlike others who find this approach premature, puts on the table an argument likely to rule out the hypothesis of a move: the construction of a new room .
We recall that the current home of the Mavs, the American Airlines Center, opened its doors in the early 2000s. And that Mark Cuban already explained, a year ago, that he wanted to build the future Mavericks room in a hotel -casino.
Heading to the city center?
According to Zarin Gracey, if this new hall were to see the light of day, it would have to be located in the city center, near the Kay Bailey Hutchison convention center where nearly $3 billion in work is planned. “ We're already excited about the possibilities of a new convention center, but when you add these other elements, it brings a new dimension to the region in terms of entertainment », Judges the advisor.
“ We should look at the land use of the entire area and not limit ourselves to X, Y or Z. We need to think big and bold and see if it works », ambitions her counterpart Paula Blackmon. But first, the municipality must see if the team is willing to stay at the American Airlines Center, in which $20 million was recently invested, in the future.
“ We're going to have to make sure we see things globally and plan what the American Airlines Center will look like in five, ten or fifteen years. I think he still has a good life ahead of him. The AAC is still one of the most important enclosures in the country and one of the most architecturally beautiful we have », Estimates Jesse Moreno.
