Reunion Arena
| Reunion Arena | |
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| The Reunion Arena (April 2004) | |
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| place | 777 Sports Street Dallas , Texas 75207
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 46 '22 " N , 96 ° 48' 29" W |
| owner | City of Dallas |
| start of building | March 15, 1978 |
| opening | April 28, 1980 |
| demolition | November 17, 2009 |
| surface |
Parquet ice surface |
| costs | 27 million US dollars |
| architect | HKS, Inc. |
| capacity | 18,293 places (basketball) 17,001 places (ice hockey) 16,626 places (indoor soccer) 19,071 places (concert, maximum) |
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The Reunion Arena was an event hall in the US city of Dallas in the state of Texas . Closed in June 2008, demolition began in April 2009 and lasted until December 2009.
history
The Reunion Arena was completed in 1980 and opened in April. The construction cost the city of Dallas 27 million US dollars . From the beginning until 2001, the hall was the home of the NBA team of the Dallas Mavericks . The National Hockey League ice hockey team Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas in 1993 and was named Dallas Stars . Until the move to the new hall in 2001, it was located in the Reunion Arena. The NASL - Indoor Soccer team Dallas Tornado came in the 1980/81 season in the Reunion Arena. From 1984 to 2004 the indoor soccer team of the Dallas Sidekicks ( MISL ) was based in the arena. In 1999 the inline hockey team Dallas Stallions played in the final season of Roller Hockey International (RHI) in the sports arena. The AFL team Dallas Texans stayed from 1990 to 1993; while the Dallas Desperados (AFL) returned to the American Airlines Center after just one year (2003) . The final tournament of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) took place from 1980 to 1989 .
In 1998, the Dallas Mavericks and the Dallas Stars agreed that a new, modern multi-purpose hall would have to be built for the outdated Reunion Arena. In July 2001, the American Airlines Center opened and the Reunion Arena lost its two main tenants. The last sports team in the arena until 2004 were the indoor soccer players of the Dallas Sidekicks. In 2005 the hall served as temporary accommodation for the victims of Hurricane Katrina .
After a unanimous vote in the Dallas City Council, it was decided to close the Reunion Arena and later tear it down. On June 30, 2008 the hall was officially closed. The city planned to blow up the arena for filming if someone found themselves to cover the costs. But since nobody showed any interest in it, the hall was demolished with the help of construction machinery. In February 2009, the city of Dallas signed a contract with the demolition company A&R Demolition to demolish the hall. The contract amounted to more than 2 million US dollars . The last thing that was demolished was the roof of the sports arena.
Important events
- 1980: The Who give their first and only concert in the Reunion Arena.
- 1982: Concert by Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads , who died shortly afterwards in a plane crash.
- 1982: Linda Ronstadt gave the Happy Thanksgiving Day Concert , which was broadcast by satellite and broadcast nationwide on radio.
- 1983: The first sold out wrestling event with the title fight between Harley Race and Kevin Von Erich for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship title and the tag team fight Bruiser Brody and Kerry Von Erich against Michael PS Hayes and Terry Gordy .
- 1984: National Congress of the Republican Party
- 1986: NBA All-Star Game
- 1986: Final Four tournament in NCAA men's basketball
- 1989: MISL All-Star Game
- 2003: Big 12 Conference Women's Post-Season Basketball Tournament
- 2003: Division I Final Four tournament in NCAA women's volleyball
- 2004: Big 12 Conference women's post-season basketball tournament
- 2006: Big 12 Conference women's post-season basketball tournament
Web links
- reunionarena.org: Former homepage of the Reunion Arena ( memento from February 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- basketball.ballparks.com: Data on the arena (English)
- hockey.ballparks.com: Data on the arena (English)
- setlist.fm: concert list of the Reunion Arena (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ photos.dfwstructures.com: Pictures of the demolition work (English) ( Memento of 9 July 2011 at the Internet Archive )
- ↑ museumstuff.com: WCT-Finale (English)
- ↑ dallasnews.com: An aid effort as big as Texas - Reunion Arena gives storm victims a place to rest, regroup ( Memento from October 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ jrdemolition.com: Report on the demolition (English)
- ↑ youtube.com: Video of the demolition of the arena roof (English)
- ↑ lindaronstadt.com: Advertisement for the concert by Linda Ronstadt 1982 ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
