2010 NBA All Star Game. In Dallas…Cowboys Stadium at Arlington?
I really have to hand it to Jerry Jones. He apparently has made it his personal mission to bring as many quality sporting and entertainment events and positive press press as humanly possible to/for the Cowboys new stadium at Arlington which opens in 2009. Already on his list? Cotton Bowl in 2010 and the Super Bowl in 2011 (assuming that whole pesky NFL labor dispute works itself out). So what’s his next pursuit? The 2010 NBA All Star Game, of course! From the Dallas Ft. Worth Telegram,
Two NBA sources say that the Dallas Mavericks have made inquiries that could bring the 2010 NBA All-Star Game to the new Cowboys stadium in Arlington.
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been reluctant in the past to bring an All-Star game to Dallas. The NBA is in charge of seating, and regular-season ticket holders are displaced for the event. Some season ticket holders, in fact, do not even get tickets for the game. Cuban has been critical of such treatment.
At the new retractable-roof stadium in Arlington, scheduled to open for the 2009 Cowboys season, a configuration for basketball would make the seating capacity much larger than the Mavericks’ home arena, American Airlines Center, so season ticket holders could be accommodated and the NBA’s ticket demands could also be satisfied.
The NBA All-Star Game…at a football stadium. Looks like it will make Mark Cuban, Mavericks season ticket holders and Jerry Jones and the Cowboys very happy. While the situation is still in the early stages (no bid has been made as of yet), I look for this to be a done deal. These are the sort of deals that Jerry Jones, and Cuban as well, seem to always be a part of, and I see this as being no exception. So to review, Jerry Jones Stadium will be holding the 2010 NBA All-Star Game…at least I think. Looking ahead, I think it will be very interesting to see how profitable this situation is for both parties. Will we maybe see New York holding the All-Star game at the new Yankee stadium? Will using the larger stadiums of other major sports become the norm (thereby ensuring that season ticket holders won’t be alienated?) A curious situation indeed.
Dallas Ft. Worth Telegram: 2010 NBA All-Star Game could be headed to Arlington
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Jerry is gonna book that baby for anything he can get his hands on…political conventions, Billy Graham…you name it. That venue will be hoppin’ from Day One.
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