Coordinates: 32°47′26″N 96°48′37″W

American Airlines Center

American Airlines Center (AAC) is a multi-purpose arena, located in the
American Airlines Center
Victory Park neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas. The arena serves as the
home to the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association, and the AAC
Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. The arena is also used for concerts The Hangar
and other live entertainment. It opened in 2001 at a cost of $420 million.

Contents
History and construction
Design
Notable events
Sports
Concerts
In film and TV
Other events
Other information
Exterior view, August 2015
References
External links

History and construction American

Airlines
By 1998, the Dallas Mavericks, then owned by H. Ross Perot, Jr., and the Dallas Center

Stars were indicating their desire for a new arena to replace the Reunion Arena.
Dallas taxpayers approved a new hotel tax and rental car tax to pay for a new
arena to cover a portion of the funding, with the two benefiting teams, the
Mavericks and the Stars, picking up the remaining costs, including cost
overruns. The new arena was to be built just north of Woodall Rodgers Freeway
near Interstate 35E on the site of an old power plant.[9][10]
Location in Texas
On March 18, 1999, American Airlines announced that it would be acquiring the
naming rights for the arena for US$195 million.[11][12] American Airlines is
headquartered in Fort Worth and is based at Dallas-Fort Worth International
Airport.

The first event occurred the next day with an Eagles concert. On the next night, American
Airlines
the arena hosted the last show of Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames tour. The first Center
sporting event took place on August 19, 2001, with the Dallas Sidekicks of the
World Indoor Soccer Leaguetaking on the San Diego Sockers.[13] . Location in the United States
Address 2500 Victory Avenue
Design Location Dallas, Texas

Principal design work was carried out by David M. Schwarz Architectural Coordinates 32°47′26″N 96°48′37″W
Services of Washington D.C. American Airlines Center was designed to be the Public Trinity Railway
heart of a new urban, commercial area designed to reinvigorate the city of Dallas transit Express
called Victory Park. The facility itself features a conservative, traditional design Dallas Area
with sweeping brick façades and smooth arches, and has been graced with a Rapid Transit:
number of awards (below). The interior includes retractable seating, public art Green
and a state-of-the-art technological arena. Because of the Quonset hut-like Orange
appearance of its roof and the fact that American Airlines holds the naming at Victory station
rights some fans have come to refer to it as "The Hangar". Owner City of Dallas[1]

On the south side of the arena AT&T Plaza (also called Victory Plaza) serves as Operator Center Operating
the principal entrance into the facility, designed by artist Athena Tacha in 2000. Company, L.P.
The plaza provides an open space with fountains flanked by retail and office (a joint venture between the

buildings. With several high-definition video displays from Daktronics mounted Dallas Mavericks and Dallas
on the side of the arena and office buildings, the plaza is often used for outdoor Stars)[2]
events and movie showings.[14] Capacity Basketball: 19,200, up
to 21,146 with standing
room
Ice hockey: 18,532, up
to 19,323 with standing
room
Concerts: 21,000
Field size 840,000 square feet
(78,000 m2)
American Airlines Inside American Airlines Construction
Center-Mavericks Victory Center prior to a
Broke September 1, 1999
Party for NBA Mavericks game.
ground
Championship 2011.
Opened July 17, 2001
Construction $420 million
cost ($594 million in 2018
dollars[3])
Architect David M.
Schwarz/Architectural
Services, Inc.
HKS, Inc.[4]
Johnson/McKibben
Inside American Airlines Western entrance of the
Architects, Inc.
Center during a Stars American Airlines Center
Project International Facilities
game. before game 3 of the
manager Group, LLC.[5]
2019 Stanley Cup
playoffs between the Structural Walter P Moore[6]
Dallas Stars and the engineer
Nashville Predators Services Flack & Kurtz Inc.[6]
engineer
General Austin
contractor Commercial[7]/H.J.
Russell[8]
Tenants
Dallas Mavericks (NBA) (2001–present)
Dallas Stars (NHL) (2001–present)
Dallas Desperados (AFL) (2002, 2004–
 2008)
Dallas Vigilantes (AFL) (2010–2011)

American Airlines Center

during warmups before
game 3 of the 2019
Stanley Cup playoffs
between the Dallas Stars
and the Nashville
Predators
Athena Tacha,
ground-plan of
AT&T Plaza with
Notable events star fountains, in
front of
American
Sports Airlines Center
(2,000 sq ft
After the Dallas Desperados played their first season in the AAC, they moved to nearby (190 m2),
Reunion Arena and played there for their second season. For their third season, they moved
40,000 sq ft
back to the AAC, where they played until the league folded.
(3,700 m2), in
The AAC hosted the Big 12 Basketball Tournament in 2003, 2004 & 2006.
collaboration
The PBR hosted a Built Ford Tough Series bull riding event at the AAC, annually, between
2005 & 2009. with SWA)
American Airlines Center, as well as American Airlines Arenain Miami, Florida, hosted the
2006 NBA Finals, in which the Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks in six games.
Because American Airlines held the rights to both venues in the NBA Finals, the series was nicknamed by some as
the "American Airlines series".[15][16]
Hosted the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Gameon January 24, 2007.[17]
Co-hosted the 2011 NBA Finals (Games 3, 4, and 5) with American Airlines Arena in Miami (the same venues as the
2006 NBA Finals), a rematch of the 2006 championship series against the Miami Heat. It was both teams' second
appearance in the NBA Finals, and this time the Mavericks won in 6 games.[15]

On Saturday June 18, 2011, it played host toStrikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum.
UFC 103 was held at the Center on September 19, 2009. [18] UFC 171 was hosted at the Center on March 15,

2014.[19] UFC 185 was held at the Center on March 14, 2015.[20] UFC 211 was held at the center on May 13,
[21]
2017. UFC 228 was held at the American Airlines Center on the 8th of september 2018. [22]

T of Gymnastics Champions.[23]
On September 24, 2016, the arena hosted the Kellogg's our
American Airlines Center hosted theWWE pay-per-view Great Balls of Fire, which took place July 9, 2017.[24]
Is slated to host the opening round of round-robin matches inNew Japan Pro Wrestling's G1 Climax series in July
2019.
The arena also hosted the Junior Gold Championships Opening Ceremony. The Junior Gold championships is an annual bowling
tournament every July, for the best youth bowlers in the country and in the world.

Concerts

In film and TV
The AAC was pictured inThe Simpsons episode "The Burns and the Bees" as "Dallas Arena".
 On Tuesday, June 21 and Wednesday, June 22, 2011, it played host to the Dallas audition stages in the first season
of the Fox singer search programmeThe X Factor.

Other events
On Monday, September 14, 2015,Republican Party presidential candidateDonald Trump held a campaign rally in
the arena.

Other information
Built on and in the shadows of the former Dallas neighborhood ofLittle Mexico, the beginnings of the Mexican
American population in the Dallas area.
A few weeks after the first event, it was found that the glass installed in the bathrooms was not the same as what
was originally intended. Many who drove by the arena complained they had a clear view into the restrooms. The
glass was quickly changed to the correct type the next week.

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External links
American Airlines Center
Arena map and directions
StadiumJourney Dallas Mavericks review
StadiumJourney Dallas Stars review

Events and tenants [hide]

Preceded by Home of the Dallas Mavericks Succeeded by
Reunion Arena 2001 – present current
Preceded by Home of the Dallas Stars Succeeded by
Reunion Arena 2001 – present current
Preceded by Host of the NHL All-Star Game Succeeded by
Xcel Energy Center 2007 Philips Arena
NCAA Women's Division I
Preceded by Succeeded by
Basketball Tournament
Finals Venue
Bankers Life Fieldhouse Nationwide Arena
2017

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