{"id":275869,"date":"2025-10-04T00:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T00:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275869\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T00:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T00:40:09","slug":"dallas-stars-have-engaged-with-multiple-north-texas-cities-about-possible-relocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/275869\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars have engaged with multiple North Texas cities about possible relocation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Stars<\/a>\u2019 have begun to seriously consider leaving Dallas with an uncertain future at American Airlines Center beyond 2031.<\/p>\n

The Stars have been in discussion with Plano, Frisco, The Colony, Arlington and Fort Worth as potential destinations to build a new arena, Stars President and CEO Brad Alberts told The Dallas Morning News on Friday. Front Office Sports reported Friday afternoon<\/a> that the team\u2019s 21-person ownership advisory group met Wednesday night and determined Plano as one of its likeliest destinations.<\/p>\n

But Alberts told The News on Friday evening that no decisions have been made. The Stars are also still considering staying in Dallas at American Airlines Center<\/a>, even if the Mavericks<\/a> leave to build their own arena.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not have a deal with Plano,\u201d Alberts said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any of that. We are in discussions with them. We\u2019re also in discussions with other cities. Arlington would love us to come to Arlington. They\u2019ve got two of the four already. We\u2019ve got a really good relationship with those two franchises there and the city.<\/p>\n

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Alberts\u2019 latest comments mark a shift in the team\u2019s priorities. The Stars\u2019 president told The News back in April<\/a> that the team\u2019s top choice was to remain at American Airlines Center after the lease expires in 2031 and that he had already begun discussions with the city about renegotiating the rate if the Stars became the only tenant.<\/p>\n

In the spring, it also became clear that the Mavericks and Stars were destined for a split after three decades as roommates, with the Mavs intending to build a basketball-only arena. The NBA team has begun scouting locations in Dallas for its future home<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks feel they could become more profitable if they left American Airlines Center and built an arena district and potential casino<\/a> once sports gambling is legalized in Texas. The Stars\u2019 interests in potentially leaving Dallas stem from a similar goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cSports entertainment is becoming a real estate business,\u201d Alberts said. \u201cIn our market, where you\u2019ve got a real opportunity to take advantage of that, I think it\u2019s important. Creating 365-day revenue, I feel, is essential to the health of sports and entertainment businesses, especially NHL businesses that depend on local revenue far more than others. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think the biggest problem that we have with staying in Dallas is that we don\u2019t have that. We don\u2019t control any of the real estate outside of the building. We\u2019re looking for that opportunity that can create 365 day-a-year revenue outside and also having an incredible in-venue, in-arena experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alberts said the Stars are looking for at least 75 acres of land to build an arena and surrounding area. If the Stars chose to leave Dallas, Alberts said they\u2019d need to decide on a new site in the next 6-8 months and begin construction in 2028 or 2029 to be ready for the 2031-32 season.<\/p>\n

However, the city of Dallas still intends to be a player in the race to keep Texas\u2019 only NHL team.<\/p>\n

\u201cDallas needs to [do] our part to ensure we keep our teams in the city,\u201d said council member Chad West, chairmen of the ad hoc committee on professional sports recruitment and retention.<\/p>\n

The Stars already have a stake in multiple of the other cities they are exploring. The Stars operate eight ice rinks around the Metroplex, including one in Plano. The Stars\u2019 headquarters and practice facility are in Frisco.<\/p>\n

Officials from Plano, Frisco, The Colony, Arlington and Fort Worth did not immediately respond to The Dallas Morning News\u2019 requests for comment Friday evening.<\/p>\n

Alberts said the growth of the Metroplex is factoring into the team\u2019s decision to look northward, and that while leaving the urban center may be inconvenience for some fans, it also caters to the majority of their fan base, which skews up the Dallas North Tollway.<\/p>\n

No decisions have been made, and the Stars will continue to hear pitches from cities across Dallas-Forth Worth, but whichever decision they make will come with the future of the business in mind \u2014 a future that may include the city of Dallas in name only after 2031.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, we\u2019re a destination where everyone wants to come to Dallas,\u201d Alberts said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to keep up with that. If we don\u2019t, you just sit stale, and 10 years from now, you\u2019re the forgotten franchise again. You\u2019ve got to stay current. You\u2019ve got to stay trendy. So that\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to do. I\u2019m really trying to make sure that we look at the future and plan for where we\u2019ve got to go, not where we\u2019ve been. We can\u2019t operate like it\u2019s 2016. What we have to do is prepare for how it\u2019s going to be in 2035.\u201d<\/p>\n

Staff Writer Devyani Chhetri contributed to this report. <\/p>\n

Find more Stars coverage from <\/b>The Dallas Morning News<\/b> here<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Stars\u2019 have begun to seriously consider leaving Dallas with an uncertain future at American Airlines Center…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":275870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,19491,7948,1596,3139,1320,7371,13448,293,10548,62,222,4810,358,13434,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-275869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-american-airlines-center","10":"tag-arlington","11":"tag-dallas","12":"tag-dallas-mavericks","13":"tag-dallas-stars","14":"tag-fort-worth","15":"tag-frisco","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-plano","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-sports-business","20":"tag-stars","21":"tag-texas","22":"tag-the-colony","23":"tag-tx","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115313117059817475","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}