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American Airlines Center/Reunion Arena Articles
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American Airlines Center/Reunion Arena Articles
ALL SEATS IN DALLAS ARENA TO GO HIGH TECH
October 19, 2000
Copyright 2000 MediaVentures
No matter where you sit in the new American Airlines Center in Dallas, youÕll be able to plug in your lap top computer and connect to the Internet. These amenities, reserved until now for only premium seat buyers, will be available throughout the $350 million venue when it opens in 2001.
What may be the most technologically advanced venue in America, the arena will have digital sound and video, bar coded tickets and special facilities for cellular phones. Signage will also be delivered by video on panels that wrap around the bowl, giving advertisers the opportunity for eye-catching displays.
Designers say they opted for ports rather than installing computer screens at each seat to allow the venue to grow with technology. As technology evolves, fans can bring it with them, confident they can plug in when they arrive. If the arena went with current technology, it could be faced with a major renovation expense in several years when new technology joined the mainstream.
That idea is also being employed in other building facilities. Instead of providing television studio space, the arena will have connections wired to outside walls so broadcasters can bring their own trucks and vans to plug in. That puts the cost of keeping up with technology on the broadcasters rather than the arena. Additional cabling is also being installed in case it is needed in the future.
The system will allow fans to send e-mail to others in the arena, download video clips of the game and review statistics, among other things.
To pay for the features the Mavericks and Stars are looking for technology sponsors for the teams and the arena. Those sponsors can use the arena as a showcase for their products.
DALLAS ARENA PUTS CLUB SEATS ON SALE
November 30, 2000
Copyright 2000 MediaVenturesA campaign to market club seats in DallasÕ new American Airlines Center began this week. The team has already sold 400 of the 1,936 Platinum Seats available at prices of $7,000 to $18,000. The price includes tickets to most regular arena events, parking, concierge service and private club access.
The arena has leased all but 15 of its 146 luxury suites at $125,000 to $300,000.
On Monday, December 10, 2001 Alan Balthrop wrote: I discovered your excellent resource on the Web this evening, and was very surprised at the omission of the Dallas Sidekicks from the page about Reunion Arena. As I am certain this was not done intentionally, please find below the facts you might need to update the page:
Current Tenant: Dallas Sidekicks
Retired Numbers
#10 Kevin Smith
#22 Doc Lawson
#31 Krys Sobieski
Banner for Gordon Jago (Head Coach 1984-88, 90-97 and President/GM 1988-1990, 1998)Championships: 1986-87: Major Indoor Soccer League
1993: Continental Indoor Soccer League
1998: World Indoor Soccer League (then called "Premiere Soccer Alliance")Seating for Soccer: 16,652 (was 16,824 until Press Box added for hockey in 1994)
Price Range:
$10, $12, $18, $20, $27 (median-$17.40)I look forward to seeing your excellent site updated with the most current information. If there is something I can do to assist you in this regard, please do not hesitate to call upon me.
Respectfully,
Alan Balthrop
Webmaster, Dallas Sidekicks Historical Archive http://www.kicksfan.com
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