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11 Spots to Eat Before a Stars or Mavs Game, an Updated Game Plan

Now that they have their checkbooks all sorted out, the boys are back in town and on Saturday night the Stars face off against the Edmonton Oilers. Or someone. I actually have no idea. When they traded Shane Churla, I bowed out gracefully (although he is still with the organization). Regardless, w ... More >>

The 10 Best Photos From Last Night's Justin Bieber Concert

Last night, American Airlines Center was filled with the kind of sustained squealing only young girls (and, often, their mothers) in the white-hot throes of a pop crush can produce. Here are some of our favorite fan pics, plus a few of that guy who was performing too.

Madonna Cancels October 20 Show in Dallas; Sunday's Show is Still On

Word's in from Live Nation: Madonna is officially canceling tonight's show at the American Airlines Center due to "severe laryngitis." The release goes on to say that Madonna must be on "complete vocal rest" for the next 36 hours. The stops in Dallas are part of an enormous, seven-month tour that be ... More >>

Preparation Triple H Is More Like It (He's Old)

LMFAO - American Airlines Center - 6/15/12

See also: 20 shots from LMFAO at American Airlines Center At least 57* opening acts preceded LMFAO's RedFoo and SkyBlu at the American Airlines Center on Friday night. They brought with them a live band (shocking, right?), a DJ, the show-stealing Quest Crew dancers, several scantily clad female boo ... More >>

Here's What Victory Park's $33 Million Parking Garage Might Look Like

There are probably many reasons Victory Park hasn't lived up to expectations, declining in value by an average of 11 percent ($169 million) each year since 2008, according to city figures. You might subscribe to the notion that the project was flawed from the get-go, that it is "all the clichés abo ... More >>

Here Come the Suns

Now Open: Draft Pick Sports Bar and Grill Near the AAC (Photos)

The Big Screen at Draft Picks Sports Bar​Draft Picks Sports Bar and Grill, which opened in late September, sits less than a half-mile south of the American Airlines Center, right where Victory Avenue ends. Naturally, as with all sports bars, they have a few TVs, although how many is purely arb ... More >>

Do You Miss Pro Basketball Enough to Want to Watch the Josh Howard All-Stars?

​Your World Champion Dallas Mavericks were supposed to take on the Indiana Pacers tonight at the American Airlines Center, the sixth of eight preseason games leading to November 1's regular-season opener against Chicago at the AAC. But with each passing day, it's looking more and more like the loc ... More >>

Dallas Fire-Rescue Determines Cause of Fire at Rihanna's American Airlines Center Show

Rachel ParkerRihanna at Friday's AAC performance.​Still no word from the folks either at the American Airlines Center or concert promotion conglomerate Live Nation about what, if any, accommodations will be made for the Rihanna fans upset that their Friday night concert experience was cut shot aft ... More >>

Watch: The Mavericks End Celebratory Parade With "We Are The Champions" Singalong

Patrick MichelsJason Kidd and Terrell's Own Jamie Foxx​ After going on Letterman last night to talk about their win, their potential new Kardashian boos and their very dirty habit of licking the Larry O'Brien Trophy, the Mavericks paraded around Dallas today like the champs they are and ended up a ... More >>

You Can Watch Game 6 Inside the American Airlines Center. Just Not Outside the AAC.

The vibe, inside and outside the AAC, during Game 2 of the NBA Finals on June 2​Happened to be down in Victory Park for drinksa meeting during Game 2 of The Finals. Got there well before tip-off, and a small line was already beginning to snake around the American Airlines Center; folks were also s ... More >>

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Last Night: Linkin Park at the American Airlines Center

Linkin Park, Circa Survive and Paper TonguesMarch 2, 2011American Airlines Center Better than: an SMU frat party.Mike MezeulCheck out more shots in Mike's slide show. ​ From across the state and even across state lines, more than 12,000 fans amassed inside the AAC last night to witness the s ... More >>

Mad Max Beyond AAC?

AAC Challenges Local Cooks to Whip Up a Dish For Mavs' and Stars' Games

Maybe a nice schnitzel?​Sports venues are increasingly relying on celebrity chefs to bring glitz to their concession stands, but the American Airlines Center is trying to strike publicity gold by showcasing one very lucky amateur. The venue's asking local cooks to create a "signature offering ... More >>

LEGO My Dallas Cityscape

Photos by Harry WilonskyThe American Airlines Center and Victory Park​I did indeed let the boy loose with our in-need-of-replacing Canon PowerShot in the Dallas Cityscapes exhibit at NorthPark Center Saturday. We walked right past it at first -- it's tucked away inside the old Robb & Stucky ne ... More >>

The Alt-Weeklies Of Football

The AAC Classes Up Their Stadium Food for the Weekend's NBA All-Star Game Festivities

Photos by Spike JohnsonThe AAC's mighty Victory Knot with a sauce trifecta: beer cheese, chipotle mustard and vanilla cream. Oh, and a $20 price tag.​The weekend's big event may be out in Arlington, but the American Airlines Center's still hosting the rookie challenge and the slam dunk contest ton ... More >>

Champing at the Rim

Oden Omen

The Dallas Mavericks Have Lost Two in a Row and Mark Cuban is Fightin' Mad!

Actually, it's not confounding defeats to the Memphis Grizzlies and Atlanta Hawks that has Cuban peeved, but more so tonight's American Airlines Center invasion by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). (This is, after all, a blog named after an old rasslin' barn.) Cuban, never one to turn ... More >>

And Now ... Introducing ... Your Dallas Mavericks! At the AAC's Open-Mike Night.

If this picture were at all legible, you'd see Donnie Nelson sitting at the table where wanna-be Humble Billys took their best shots yesterday.​So, yeah, I was only kidding, far as you know, when I mentioned that, oh, maybe I'd try out for The Voice of The American Airlines Center. As you're no do ... More >>

Ultimate Fighting Championship shows Dallas why boxing suddenly feels more like the ballet

This Just In: Hockey is - Surprisingly - Still Alive

Nothing says hockey like ... hotties?​Coulda swore the National Hockey League never returned from its 2005 lockout. No, wait, don't I sorta remember a hip little hiccup back in 2008? Honestly, they tell me there will be a Dallas Stars game down at American Airlines Center tonight. Marc ... More >>

Holy Crap, The New Cowboys Stadium Is Impressive

So, When Does the Rangers Ballpark Get Its High-Definition Video Screens?

What the American Airlines Center will look like after its summer makeoverApparently, 482 Friends of Unfair Park (not to mention our old pal, noted author Zac Crain) keep up with Mark Cuban's tweets, as earlier this morning he announced an "AMAZING" new HD scoreboard "coming this season" to an Ameri ... More >>

Show Announcements: Counting Crows, Miley Cyrus, Kings of Leon, More

Counting Crows wishes it was something just a little more sexy. '90s fans unite: Counting Crows is kicking off a new summer tour in late June, hitting major amphitheaters around the country and stopping at the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie on August 4. According to the pr ... More >>

Attention K-Mart Shoppers: He's Still a Thug

I was waiting for Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to apologize. But to CBS 11 camerman Bill Ellis, not Kenyon Martin's mom. He issued an "I'm sorry" to her? For what exactly?! As you probably know by now, I detest peer-pressure, politically correct apologies. I'm not suggesting Cuban's cybe ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Britney Spears, the Pussycat Dolls, Leonard Cohen, Hello Lover and Chamillionaire

Britney Spears @ the American Airlines Center, Tuesday, Mar. 31 This is the first edition of roundup since B. Spears graced the stage in Dallas last Tuesday. Bald and umbrella-wielding last year, the (un)disputed Princess of Pop has reclaimed her throne. Britney showed off her musicianship showma ... More >>

LL Cool J Drops Off Wednesday Night's Scheduled Concert With Janet Jackson

Guess Who's Playing Fred Baron's Christmas Party

Clown Around

The circus is coming! The circus is coming!

Psst, Wanna "Implement" Some PR for the Stars and Mavs?

Van Halen, Dead or Alive Tonight at AAC? Dead, Dead, Dead.

(Not So) Great Dane

Mr. Cook annoys the AAC

Pre-Season Jitters

Cuban to Launch UFC-Style Fighting Show

"Invisible Sun"? Damn It.

Big Ballers

Ride, Sally, Ride

Take a two-wheeled tour of downtown

The Great Mustachio

Red Light Special

Arena Rock

On the Mark

Pat the Bunny

Platinum

Got thousands of dollars? Then a new wave of corporate-sponsored music venues wants to talk to you.

Use Some "Imagination"

Smucker's Stars on Ice skates into town

Best Sports Venue

Texas Stadium

RAW Deal

A death match and a dance-off