{"id":688216,"date":"2026-03-30T16:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/688216\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:10:21","slug":"dallas-mavs-ceo-rick-welts-says-team-committed-to-dallas-as-it-looks-to-build-new-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/688216\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavs CEO Rick Welts says team committed to Dallas as it looks to build new arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-facilities \">Mavericks CEO Rick Welts \u201cpledged to build the best NBA arena in history and reaffirmed that the franchise will do everything possible to build its new home in Dallas,\u201d according to Eric Prisbell of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Welts, speaking during a sports economic panel hosted by the Greater Dallas Planning Council, said Dallas is \u201cwhat\u2019s really important.\u201d He added, \u201cOur commitment is to do everything in our power to build this in Dallas.\u201d Prisbell noted with the Mavs lease at American Airlines Center expiring in 2031, they have \u201cnarrowed their focus for the new arena to two locations: the 110-acre former home of Valley View and downtown Dallas.\u201d Welts: \u201cIt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/03\/03\/mavs-not-involved-in-decision-on-dallas-city-hall-amid-arena-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2026\/03\/03\/mavs-not-involved-in-decision-on-dallas-city-hall-amid-arena-search\/\">not up to us to decide whether City Hall is available or not<\/a>. It definitely would inform the design. &#8230; But we\u2019re waiting for the city. It\u2019s up to the city to decide what\u2019s in the best interest of Dallas taxpayers going forward in terms of the future that building. And we\u2019ll proceed off of that.\u201d Prisbell noted the Mavs \u201cexpect to announce the site of the new arena by July 1.\u201d The arena will \u201coperate about 175 days a year with a variety of events\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/2026\/03\/27\/dallas-mavericks-ceo-city-approached-team-over-a-year-ago-about-moving-out-of-city-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/2026\/03\/27\/dallas-mavericks-ceo-city-approached-team-over-a-year-ago-about-moving-out-of-city-hall\/\">DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 3\/27<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-facilities \">ASKING THE FANS: In Dallas, Mike Curtis noted the Mavs are \u201cseeking input from fans for suggestions on what to include in their new arena and entertainment district.\u201d The team \u201csent a survey to fans Saturday through email with the goal of better understanding preferences related to amenities, experiences and potential ticket offerings.\u201d The survey takes about 10 to 15 minutes to complete (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2026\/03\/28\/dallas-mavericks-new-arena-fan-input-amenities-tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/mavericks\/2026\/03\/28\/dallas-mavericks-new-arena-fan-input-amenities-tickets\/\">DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 3\/28<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mavericks CEO Rick Welts \u201cpledged to build the best NBA arena in history and reaffirmed that the franchise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,166,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-688216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-dallasmavericks","12":"tag-mavericks","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}