at Wednesday’s Dallas City Council meeting<\/a>, saying the “knives are out” for the city as competition in the suburbs grows.<\/p>\n“We have a serious, serious situation on our hands,” he said. “We are in a very cutthroat competition. I’ve been saying this for years now and I hope everybody who’s been watching the news this week understands that I wasn’t crying wolf. We are in a very serious competition.<\/p>\n
Both teams’ leases at American Airlines Center expire in 2031.<\/p>\n
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