{"id":676641,"date":"2026-03-23T19:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/676641\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T19:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:18:12","slug":"dallas-mavs-host-11th-annual-mavs-ball-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/676641\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavs Host 11Th Annual Mavs Ball Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\tOverview:<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Mavericks hosted the 11th annual Mavs Ball, a star-studded fundraising event that raised nearly $1.5 million for the Mavs Foundation. The event, attended by 500 guests, featured a cocktail reception, seated dinner, live and silent auctions, and entertainment from the Emerald City Band. The 2025-26 Dallas Mavericks team, Head Coach Jason Kidd, Mavs CEO Rick Welts, Mavs President Ethan Casson, and Mavs Legends were all in attendance. With this year&#8217;s fundraising, Mavs Ball has now surpassed $14 million raised in its 11-year history.<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Mavericks hosted Mavs fans for the 11th annual Mavs Ball with appearances by Dallas Mavericks players and VIPs. The star-studded affair included a cocktail reception, seated dinner, live and silent auctions, and entertainment from Emerald City Band, and over 500 guests attended the evening\u2019s event at Omni Hotel. <\/p>\n<p>As the premier fundraising event for the\u00a0Mavs Foundation, Mavs Ball brought together Mavs fans, partners, and VIPs to celebrate the 2025-26 grantees and the charitable work of the Dallas Mavericks this season.<\/p>\n<p>The 11th\u00a0annual Mavs Ball raised nearly\u00a0$1.5 million to further the Mavs Foundation\u2019s mission to build a stronger community for women, families and children in North Texas. Following this year\u2019s Ball, the event has now surpassed $14 million\u00a0raised in its 11-year history.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025-26 Dallas Mavericks team, Head Coach Jason Kidd, Mavs CEO Rick Welts, Mavs President Ethan Casson, and Mavs Legends, including Shawn Marion, Eduardo N\u00e1jera, Rolando Blackman and Sam Perkins,\u00a0were all in attendance to enjoy the event alongside guests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overview: The Dallas Mavericks hosted the 11th annual Mavs Ball, a star-studded fundraising event that raised nearly $1.5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":676642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[8021,718,1596,3139,285166,277997,12735,28682,425,285167,285168,285169,1260,285170,50,154718,285171,62,358,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-676641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-black-media","tag-community","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-emerald-city-band","tag-ethan-casson","tag-fundraising","tag-jason-kidd","tag-local","tag-mavs-ball","tag-mavs-foundation","tag-mavs-legends","tag-nba","tag-nba-china-games-2026","tag-news","tag-rick-welts","tag-shawn-marion","tag-sports","tag-texas","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116280105845064533","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676641","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=676641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}