The offer includes a “Letter of Intent” that has been presented by Plano to the Stars, Council Member Chad West told WFAA.<\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2014 In an interview for Sunday’s\u00a0Inside Texas Politics<\/a>, Dallas City Council Member Chad West revealed that Plano has made a formal offer to the Dallas Stars for the hockey franchise to move to Collin County.\u00a0<\/p>\n The offer includes a “Letter of Intent” that has been presented by Plano to the Stars, West said.<\/p>\n Plano city officials would not confirm that an offer had been sent. The Dallas Stars have not yet responded to a request for comment.<\/p>\n \u201cPlano is known to be attractive to national and international corporations, and we are home to numerous iconic brands,” city officials said in a statement. “Due to the strong interest in Plano and competition within the region, we do not publicly comment on speculation or economic development projects until they are brought to Council for formal adoption.\u201d<\/p>\n While Plano city officials on Thursday declined to confirm whether a letter of intent has been extended to the Stars, Plano Mayor John Muns in December did not shy away<\/a> from his city’s desire to lure the Stars up the Dallas North Tollway.<\/p>\n Muns told Inside Texas Politics that the city had made the Stars “a really good offer” amid reports that the Stars were looking<\/a> to build a new arena at the site of the Willow Bend mall.<\/p>\n \u201cWe would be thrilled to have an organization like that in Plano. And so, it\u2019s really not up to us. It\u2019s up to them. And we\u2019re hoping that they come to Plano,\u201d Mayor Muns told us on Inside Texas Politics.<\/p>\n West said the Stars have not signed the purported offer letter and remain in negotiations with the City of Dallas to remain at American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n The discussions with Dallas include talks about how to convert the American Airlines Center into a hockey-only arena, West said.\u00a0<\/p>\n “It’s all part of doing business,” West said. ” I mean, the Stars, they want the best deal for themselves, and I don’t blame them for going out and getting it. But at the end of the day, they’re the Dallas Stars, and we need to do what we can to keep them in Dallas, and they’ll never change the name to the Plano Stars. I don’t know why they would even consider that.”<\/p>\n The Stars’ potential move out of the American Airlines Center coincides with the Dallas Mavericks’ search for a new arena of their own. The two teams, which have shared a home building since the Stars moved to Dallas in the 1990s, appear destined to split — whether it’s both teams moving to a new arena, or just the Mavs.<\/p>\n