{"id":329311,"date":"2026-06-09T16:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/329311\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:20:08","slug":"dallas-stars-outline-vision-for-3b-arena-entertainment-district-in-plano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/329311\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars outline vision for $3B arena, entertainment district in Plano"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stars have unveiled renderings of their planned $3B hockey arena and entertainment complex in Plano<\/a>, with it \u201cset near the back left portion of the site and illuminated in neon green,\u201d according to Wooten & Womack of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. The roof of the arena is \u201ctopped by a giant\u201d Stars logo. Open spaces \u201cprovide walking areas for visitors.\u201d In front of the arena is a \u201clarge, multilevel parking garage,\u201d while smaller mid-rise buildings that look like apartments \u201csit to the left of the arena\u201d and taller, high-rise buildings like hotels and apartments \u201csit on the right half of the site.\u201d Initial plans back when the site was rezoned in 2025 called for \u201c800,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space, up to 965 residential units, a high-rise hotel and a mid-rise office building.\u201d Constructing the arena itself is estimated to cost around $1B or more, and the city plans to contribute $700M in funding \u201cthrough bonds backed by revenue from a tax increment reinvestment zone,\u201d according to city documents (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 6\/8<\/a>).<\/p>\n

IN THE AGREEMENT: In Dallas, Aayush Gupta noted the Plano City Council approving a non-binding letter of intent<\/a> with Dallas Sports & Entertainment LP, the Stars\u2019 parent company, to develop the site enables the city to \u201cbegin the development process, including selecting an architecture firm, conducting transportation and feasibility studies, and pursuing sponsorship opportunities to support the arena project.\u201d The city would \u201cown both the Stars arena and the land, then lease the facility to Dallas Sports & Entertainment for 30 years.\u201d The Stars would \u201cretain all revenue generated by arena operations, including sponsorships and naming rights,\u201d while DSE \u201cwould be responsible for constructing, operating and maintaining the facility.\u201d The agreement remains \u201cfar from finalized.\u201d Plano has \u201cproposed contributing up to\u201d $700M toward the arena if project costs exceed $1B. However, Gupta wrote the \u201ctug of war over the Stars may not be over.\u201d Dallas City Manager Kimberly Tolbert and Mayor Eric Johnson have repeatedly said that they \u201cwill continue working to try to keep the Stars in the city\u201d (DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL, 6\/8<\/a>).<\/p>\n

MAKING HISTORY: In Dallas, Kersh & Assimakopoulos noted the Stars\u2019 project will be the \u201clargest in the history of Collin County.\u201d Plano City Council members said that they would \u201clisten to community input at open houses planned in July and take local concerns related to the project into account.\u201d Officials also said that they would \u201creach out to specific neighborhoods for input throughout the planning process.\u201d Stars President & CEO Brad Alberts said that the team and developers \u201cplan to conduct a transportation study this summer to\u202faddress those concerns\u201d (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 6\/8<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Stars have unveiled renderings of their planned $3B hockey arena and entertainment complex in Plano, with it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[65646,1116,2484,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-329311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-fan-experience","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}