The Dallas Mavericks are moving arenas.<\/p>\n
Following the conclusion of the 2030-2031 season \u2014 which marks the end of the team\u2019s 30-year lease with the city of Dallas \u2014 the Mavericks will move north to where the old Valley View Mall used to be in northern Dallas to play their home games.<\/p>\n
The Mavericks moved to the American Airlines Center in 2001 after leaving Reunion Arena for a \u201cstate of the art arena.\u201d The team entered into a co-lease with the Dallas Stars to play their home games there for 30 seasons with team options to extend throughout the agreement. The team informed the city today that it would not be renewing its lease and purchased 104 acres of land where the old mall used to be.<\/p>\n
The Stars have been in talks in recent weeks to move to an arena in Plano as well, completely deserting downtown and leaving it with only one major sports team \u2014 the Dallas Wings. The Wings currently play home games in Arlington\u2019s College Park Center but will reportedly move to downtown Dallas for the 2027 season.<\/p>\n
There had been speculation over the last few months that Dallas City Hall could be a new location for an arena that would keep the team in downtown Dallas where it\u2019s been since the team\u2019s inception in 1980, but the City Council has dragged its feet in recent meetings over whether to demolish the building or invest in renovating the structure for City Council use.<\/p>\n
The Mavericks were done waiting.<\/p>\n