{"id":365851,"date":"2026-07-08T21:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365851\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T21:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:13:16","slug":"plano-officials-are-seeking-input-from-residents-for-the-dallas-stars-arena-plano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/365851\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano officials are seeking input from residents for the Dallas Stars arena | Plano"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city of Plano hosted its first community open house at The Shops at Willow Bend<\/a> on July 8 for residents to learn more about the incoming<\/a> Dallas Stars<\/a> arena.<\/p>\n

The city will host its second open house July 14 from 6-8 p.m. Residents can arrive at the event through the Equinox<\/a> and Crate & Barrel<\/a> entrance at the mall.<\/p>\n

What you need to know<\/p>\n

The city is sharing baseline information for residents on traffic, parking, lighting, noise and neighborhood quality of life regulations already available in the city. Residents can learn more about regulations and studies under consideration during Stars arena development.<\/p>\n

Residents can also participate in a survey shared during the open house to provide additional input for the project. Residents unable to participate in the open houses can do a virtual tour from July 8-22 online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dig deeper<\/p>\n

Senior City Planner Robyn Kirk said the main goal of the open houses is for residents to have a baseline understanding of city regulation before planning for the arena.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city doesn\u2019t have any plans to change our standards and how resident\u2019s lives will be impacted by this,\u201d Kirk said.<\/p>\n

Senior City Planner John Kim said the closest comparison the city has to how the Stars arena may impact residents is the Toyota Stadium<\/a> in Frisco.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The sites] are quite similar in that there\u2019s a lot of vehicular traffic,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to use that as a comparison and local residents will have some experience with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next steps<\/p>\n

The city plans to have a traffic modeling and mobility analysis to see more of how the new entertainment district will impact nearby roadways, intersections, parking, pedestrian access and traffic flow in the area. Senior Planner Marium Zahir said the city could also consider a noise study for the project.<\/p>\n

The city will then develop a final project and finance plan to adopt at a future city council meeting, per previous<\/a> reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Plano hosted its first community open house at The Shops at Willow Bend on July…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[19044,1115,129604,160,162,161,118004,129601,27811,28744,129603,48287,129602],"class_list":["post-365851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-city-of-plano","tag-dallas-stars","tag-open-house-stars-arena","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-stars-arena","tag-stars-moving-to-plano","tag-the-bend","tag-the-shops-at-willow-bend","tag-traffic-impact-stars-arena","tag-willow-bend","tag-willow-bend-district"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365851","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=365851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}