Overview
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Repository |
Office of the City Secretary
Dallas Municipal Archives
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201 |
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Creator | Multiple design firms and Dallas City Council
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Title | Sports Arena Investigation
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Dates | 1978-1997
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Quantity | 0.42 linear feet (1 full box)
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Abstract | Printed reports and correspondence.
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Identification |
1996-009 |
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Language |
Records are in English |
Scope and Content
Collection contains correspondence and technical proposals given to the City of Dallas for building a new sports and special events arena. The collection also contains one item related to the opening of Reunion Arena.
The technical proposals define the elements and people projected to comply with the scope of services requested by the City of Dallas in its request for proposal and interview. They are the precursors to feasibility reports.
Reunion Arena opened in 1980 at a cost of $27 million, and by the early 1990s, the city, sports teams, and concert promoters deemed the facility too small. Different local organizations, including the Greater Dallas Chamber, the Dallas International Sports Commission, Central Dallas Association, and the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau joined together to explore either renovating Reunion Arena or building a new multi-purpose space.
The venue that resulted from these (and other) inputs was the American Airlines Center, which opened in 2001 at a cost of $420 million. The principle design work was completed by David M. Schwarz.
Organization
The collection is organized first by facility and second by date.
Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Citation
Sports Arena Investigation, 1978-1997 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related Materials
Collection 2014-001—Reunion Arena, 1980-2010
Index Terms
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Sports -- Texas -- Dallas
Sports facilities -- Planning -- Texas -- Dallas
Container List
| | Reunion Arena
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| 1 | Letter from Mayor Bob Folsom to Park and Recreation Director Jack Robinson with an invitation to groundbreaking, 3/6/1978
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| | American Airlines Center
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| 2
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Request for Proposal and Interview by HKS Sports Facilities Group, 7/9/1994
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| 3
| Technical proposal by HKS Sports Facilities Group, 7/15/1994
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| 4
| Technical proposal by Ellerbe Becket, 7/15/1994
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| Sports Development Plan Master Agreement and related documents from Arena Group, 1997
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| 6
| Market, financial, and fiscal impact analysis for proposed arena by Deloitte Touche, 9/26/1997
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| Dallas City Council Ordinance 973264 and addendum, 10/8/1997
[Authorize approval of the Letter of Intent between the city and the Dallas Mavericks related to a new sports arena.]
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| Technical proposal by Centex Bateson Construction Company, undated
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| 9
| Technical proposal by HCB Contractors, Norse Diesel International, and Con-Real, Inc., undated
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| 10
| Technical proposal by Turner Arena Group, undated
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