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The trial between the Dallas Stars and Dallas Mavericks over an alleged contract breach and the future of American Airlines Center has been delayed. The trial, which was originally scheduled for late January in Texas Business Court, has been rescheduled to Monday, May 11, at 9 a.m., according to legal filings.
As much as the public-facing narrative has shifted, Stars owner Tom Gaglardi said in a meeting with select media members Monday afternoon that his conversations with Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont have shifted as well. “Patrick and I had a conversation several months ago where he expressed to me that he wants to build a new arena, and would I go with him?” Gaglardi said. “‘Would the Stars come and play? We’ll build this and do all this wonderful stuff.’ “Patrick’s now done enough research and looking at these things, and he’s landed on that in order to optimize a building for basketball, that makes it difficult to play hockey in that arena. But that’s what he’s explained to me. I think before he thought the two sports would play together. He says the current model now, if you look at places like Intuit, Chase in San Francisco, these buildings are not capable of hockey, and that’s kind of where it’s going. His attitude, I think, has changed in terms of what he wants to do.”
Last Thursday night, before the team's 118-113 win over the Heat, Taylor stood outside the arena in his Doncic Slovenian national team jersey and a Mavericks hat with 'FIRE NICO' written in black marker on duct tape. The Mavericks logo was covered. As he entered, he said he was asked to remove it, refused, and was let in anyway. Reedy had another plan. Underneath his flannel shirt, he wore multiple T-shirts portraying Harrison's image with a red clown nose. He got past security and then handed the shirts out to friends. Martinez and another friend, Alex Kelly, helped procure 44 tickets purchased by former Dallas Stars play-by-play voice Ralph Strangis. Strangis spent approximately $1,500 on the seats.
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Anze Kopitar, the only Slovenian to win hockey’s Stanley Cup, and Doncic, the only Slovenian named the NBA’s rookie of the year, were born just 38 miles apart and remain their country’s most popular and accomplished professional athletes. And though they talked on the phone occassionally and reportedly kept tabs on one another, they didn’t meet in person until 2019, when Doncic, then a rookie, came out to see Kopitar and the Kings beat the Dallas Stars. Afterward, they exchanged jerseys and posed for pictures.
The American Airlines Center, host to the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars since 2001, will undergo renovations throughout the next calendar year in an effort to keep the facility in the best shape possible.
The Dallas Mavericks partly own the American Airlines Center, where they play their games in the Victory Park development just north of downtown. But while the owners of their co-tenant, the National Hockey League’s Dallas Stars, have invested in land near the arena, Mr. Cuban has mostly expressed annoyance that it takes away from fan parking. Now he is changing his tune. “Cuban probably wants to imitate what has worked, have the ownership control he doesn’t have in Victory Park, and push it to a new level with casino and resort integration,” said Robert Sroka, a professor of sport administration at Georgia State University and a sport venue development consultant.
The Spurs have taken a leadership role in a coalition of Texas sports teams seeking to provide long-term support for the shattered Uvalde community. Assisted by the NBA, four franchises — the Spurs, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Stars — are teaming to help Uvalde youth and their families by “investing in trauma and healing-centered care,” according to a news release.
There are nine Texas teams playing the leagues mentioned by the NAACP: the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets; the NHL's Dallas Stars; the WNBA's Dallas Wings; MLB's Texas Rangers and Houston Astros; and the NFL's Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys.
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In the wake of Gov. Abbott's removal of the mask mandate and "opening Texas 100%," effective March 10, the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars say they will not make any changes to their current protocols and capacities. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told WFAA, "Nothing will change. We will continue to follow NBA and city protocols."
One of the benefits of playing in the NBA for Davis Bertans is that it gives the Spurs forward a chance to check out NHL games around the country. Bertans grew up in Latvia playing hockey and remains a big fan of the sport. "In the last couple of months, I've been to four games," said Bertans, who was a face in the crowd at the Dallas Stars' 2-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday at the American Airlines Center. "I try to check the schedule all the time when we go to cities that have hockey teams.
Along with Nowitzki, who took over for Mike Modano as the host of the event a couple years back, an assortment of sports celebrities will be on hand for the game, presented by Baylor Medical Center, including: Dallas Mavericks Monta Ellis, Devin Harris, Jae Crowder, Bernard James, Shane Larkin and Ricky Ledo, plus head coach Rick Carlisle and general manager Donnie Nelson; Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant; the Dallas Stars' Tyler Seguin; former Texas Rangers great Michael Young; former Dallas Mav Jason Terry; the Houston Rockets Chandler Parsons and MLB All-Star Vernon Wells.
The Seattle Mariners topped the list with a 51.4-percent decline. The other teams on the list are the Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, Dallas Stars, Oakland A's, New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Columbus Blue Jackets and Miami Dolphins. Entering Monday night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers, the Pistons ranked last in the 30-team NBA with an average attendance of 12,488.