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UPDATED: Dallas city leaders torn over how to handle Reunion “money pit” Arena
Updated 10:08 a.m., June 23, 2008
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Tatu - one of many, often shirtless, Reunion Arena regulars.
The former home to, well, all the events now at the AAC, Dallas' Reunion Arena is currently little more than an economic drain. Reunion Arena loses $1 million a year and will be a hard sell due to its non-compete clause with the AAC. Some city leaders, such as Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, quoted in the linked article, wants to keep the venue alive as part of Dallas history. Others see its future as rubble, a tear-down job that comes with a similarly hefty price of $5 million.
The economic development committee will meet Monday night to discuss possible solutions.
UPDATE: Reunion Arena hosted its final event on Saturday night, a Spanish language Christian rally. It will be razed to make way for something that the city probably doesn't need.
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John McClelland Verified
If it has a no compete with AAC then it is essentially useless. It would probably be best to tear it down and redevelop the land. That might be a nice spot for hotel, condos, etc. Oh wait, they already bought extra land for a hotel. My bad.
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RollingThunder1975 Anonymous
one word...
Casino!
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mjr092 Anonymous
Tear down that biyatch and build a nice green park with grass, trees and water for us urbanites! Plant grass, do some landscaping, it's cheap. And, hasn't anyone noticed it's hella hot here with all this ugly brown concrete and steel. Every major cool city in the U.S. is defined by a nice, big wonderful city park.
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Scott Doyle Verified
Needs more minor league baseball, imo.
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John McClelland Verified
MJR, you're already getting the Woodall Rogers/TxDOT/"Insert Highest Bidder For A Name" Park over the freeway. And who could forget the Trinity TollPark. Parks galore are coming your way. There will be sunshine and starlings.
1 year, 1 month ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Clay213 Anonymous
More parks for homeless people to live in!
I still find it hard to believe some of the shady politics in this town.
A non-compete clause? So they build a new arena, and leave the old one there.. much of both built with tax money. And somehow there is a non-compete agreement built in the deal?
I thought republicans were die-hard 'free marketers'?
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chrisdanger Anonymous
Ya see, if Mayor Bitch..er..Miller didnt chase the Hunts away, we would'nt had this problem. That area would've already been in the process of redevelopment and possibly had a casino resort sitting right on the property. But wait, this is Dallas, were idiocracy rules.
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Andrew Laska Verified
Am I the only one who thinks Reunion Arena had better architecture and was a better viewing experience for sporting events than AAC?
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JW Richard Verified
@ Andrew, I had much better live music experiences at Reunion as well. Just not a AAC fan when it comes to concerts.
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DC Anonymous
I suppose if you like hockey pucks as an aesthetic, it's pretty good.
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