Reunion Arena

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demolished building indoor arena multi-purpose arena

Reunion Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Dallas, Texas, best known as the longtime home of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and a major venue for concerts and sporting events before its demolition.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Reunion Arena site 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf demolished building ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ
multi-purpose arena ⓘ
architect HOK Group ⓘ
surface form: HOK Sport
brokeGround 1979 ⓘ
category Defunct indoor arenas in Texas ⓘ
Demolished sports venues in Texas ⓘ
Sports venues in Dallas ⓘ
city Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ
closed 2008 ⓘ
constructionCost about $27 million ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demolished 2009 ⓘ
demolitionEndDate November 2009 ⓘ
demolitionStartDate June 2009 ⓘ
generalContractor HCB Contractors ⓘ
hostedEvent 1984 NCAA Final Four (men's basketball) ⓘ
1986 NBA All-Star Game ⓘ
Stanley Cup playoff games ⓘ
hostedTeamUntil Dallas Mavericks 2001 ⓘ
Dallas Stars 2001 ⓘ
leagueAssociation Arena Football League ⓘ
Major Indoor Soccer League ⓘ
National Basketball Association ⓘ
National Hockey League ⓘ
locatedIn Dallas, Texas ⓘ
Downtown Dallas ⓘ
namedAfter Réunion ⓘ
surface form: La Réunion
nearbyLandmark Reunion Tower ⓘ
notableUse NBA games ⓘ
NHL games ⓘ
arena football games ⓘ
college basketball games ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
indoor soccer matches ⓘ
professional wrestling events ⓘ
opened 1980 ⓘ
April 1, 1980 ⓘ
operator City of Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner City of Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Reunion district of Dallas ⓘ
primaryTenant Dallas Desperados ⓘ
Dallas Mavericks ⓘ
Dallas Sidekicks ⓘ
Dallas Stars ⓘ
region North Texas ⓘ
replacedBy American Airlines Center ⓘ
seatingCapacityBasketball about 17,000 ⓘ
seatingCapacityConcerts about 19,000 ⓘ
seatingCapacityHockey about 17,000 ⓘ
servedAsHomeArenaFor Dallas Chaparrals ⓘ
Dallas Desperados ⓘ
Dallas Freeze ⓘ
Dallas Mavericks ⓘ
Dallas Sidekicks ⓘ
Dallas Stallions ⓘ
Dallas Stars ⓘ
Dallas Tornado ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
surfaceType multi-surface ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dallas Mavericks → formerHomeArena → Reunion Arena ⓘ
Dallas Stars → formerHomeArena → Reunion Arena ⓘ
Reunion District → hasLandmark → Reunion Arena ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reunion Arena site