Reunion Arena

Beneath The Dead Eyes: Two Writers Correspond Via Letters About Boy Bands

Welcome to Dear Audra/Dear Hunter, where Audra Schroeder and Hunter Hauk correspond through a series of dramatic letters about pop culture that flummoxes us, like we're Marlene Dietrich and Noël Coward. Dear Audra, I don't know if I can handle it again. I've been seeing headlines to the effect o ... More >>

From the Archives: A Great Old Photo of Gale Hess and Cafe Noir, Along With a Soundtrack

​Many have asked since yesterday if there will be a memorial of some kind for Gale Hess. Today I was told: No, not yet. There will be a small service for family and close friends, and there may be something else down the road. But, I was told, it will be at least a month away. Said a family member ... More >>

Of Continental Hold-Ups, Joule Expansions, Downtown Town Homes and Love Field Eats

​The city council returns to the city's business on Wednesday ... or is that Tuesday? But till mid-September, at the earliest, committee meetings are canceled: Mayor Mike's asked the chairs to scratch meetings till at least mid-September, when he'll reshuffle the deck chairs -- and we'll find out ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Night Doug and Glen and Danny Swapped Songs

​Had a few other things in mind for this work-week wrap-up; maybe I'll get to 'em tomorrow morning ... if you're really that eager for a couple of Reunion Arena shows, one I attended in '83 and another I wish I'd gone to in '89. But whilst looking for something unrelated this morning on Archive.or ... More >>

The 2011 Mavs Vs. the '88 Version, In a Battle of Smooth Vs. Smothering

The Mavs are NBA champions, but are they the best team in franchise history?

Is It Too Loud in the AAC? What?

Flickr user CameliaTWU​This is how loud Mavs playoffs games were at Reunion Arena. And this is how regular season games sound at the American Airlines Center, where, writes The New York Times's Alan Schwartz, "it is hard to tell if the Mavericks' favorite machine during these playoffs is Dirk Nowi ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Van Halen Runs With the Devil to Reunion in '82

Via.​Hard to believe it took this long to get to Van Halen, everyone's favorite metal band back then, especially if you didn't like metal, mostly because it was just catchy pop anyway. Thought this would be a good one to dust off for tomorrow's Lone Star Beer-sponsored Forest festivities; can't re ... More >>

Blazers 97, Mavericks 92: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. As we suspected, Portland's team is pretty salty. But their fans suck. Booing Mark Cuban is cool. Throwing shit at him is lame. 9. The Mavs are the NBA's best road team the last two regular seasons, but they're now 2-14 in their last 16 playoffs games away from the American Airlines Cen ... More >>

You Can Stop Calling Me About Prince Tix

​First, he was gonna purple reign all over the site formerly known as Reunion Arena; then, earlier this week, it was moved to the Hotel InterContinental. (Better sound -- right.) Now, it's not happening at all. From the Goss-Michael Foundation, this and only this:Statement from Joyce Goss, Executi ... More >>

Despite Earlier Reports, Tonight's Benefit Show Featuring Prince and Erykah Badu Is Still On -- And Tickets Are Now Significantly Cheaper

Prince ain't hearing this cancellation talk.​Lots going on today with tonight's benefit concert for the Goss-Michael Foundation, featuring Prince and Erykah Badu. After initially being scheduled to take place in a tent that was to be erected at the old Reunion Arena location and moved to Addison's ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV: Suite Deal

​My Super Bowl XLV itinerary looks thusly: Blogging Super Bowly all week. Broadcasting on 105.3 The Fan from radio row all week. And finding time to squeeze in some partying Tuesday (NFL Media at House of Blues), Wednesday (Aces & Angels at Fair Park), Friday (Pamela Anderson at ... More >>

Goodbye Blue Sky: When You See This Plane Buzz Downtown Monday, Don't Run Like Hell

​What you see above is one of the Environmental Protection Agency's AeroCommander 680s, which the agency uses to sniff air quality via Airborne Spectral Photographic Environmental Collection Technology. (I dunno.) Which I mention only because the Dallas Police Department just sent this heads-up we ... More >>

Show Announcements: Prince, Menkena, Sarah Jaffe, Toro Y Moi, Victor Wooten, Mike Watt & The Missingmen, Hayes Carll, Underoath, New Science Projects & More!

​As Robert already mentioned a few days ago, Prince will be here soon, reliving his much blogged-about 1984 concert at Reunion Arena on Friday, February 4. One minor snag, though: Reunion Arena was demolished a few years back. No matter -- the show must go on. Prince will set up a huge tent on the ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Prince Rings In a Delirious 1985 at Reunion Arena

Prince-Live.com​Details of Prince and the Revolution's stop through Dallas in support of Purple Rain remain a bit hazy; I was, after all, 16 at the time and just happy to get out of the house. Especially on New Year's Eve. Or was it the night before? Or the night after? My ride that night doesn't ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: U2 at Reunion Arena in 1985. And, Again, in 2001.

Flickr user: drewesqueU2 at Reunion Arena on November 25, 2001. You were there once. You can be again.​And, while you're at it, throw in the May 12, 1997, Cotton Bowl show from the Popmart Tour and the October 29, 2005, Vertigo-go at the American Airlines Center. Really, all we're missing is the A ... More >>

Sunset Over the Remains of Reunion

Justin Terveen​You watched it fall -- all that tension leading to a sudden, violent demise. Now, courtesy the great Justin Terveen, the peaceful aftermath in a series of photos he took Tuesday evening. The last photo of Reunion Arena we'll ever post on Unfair Park.

Whitt's End: 6.26.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope of merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Ventured down to the Mavs' draft last night and it was ... sad. Not the selection of Rodrigue Beaubois - though underwhleming - but more the lack of buzz. I remember when a much worse Mavs' orga ... More >>

Finally, Reunion Arena's an Open-Air Venue

Don JohnsonFriend of the show Don Johnson, who maintains East Texas Photo, happened by Reunion Arena yesterday, where the demolition's in full swing. And he snapped a handful of terrific photos that he's posted to his Flickr page. But this one in particular stands out -- "Reunion Inside-Out," Don ca ... More >>

The Mavericks Mark the 25th Anniversary of the Wackiest Game in Franchise History

Plenty of Folks Are Starting to Place, and Hedge, Their Bets on Casinos in Texas

One week ago today, state Sen. John Carona introduced proposed legislation, S.J.R. No. 31, that would allow for at least 12 casinos scattered throughout the state -- seven "in different urban areas," two "located on islands in the Gulf of Mexico that are tourist destinations with at least 1,000 gue ... More >>

Boom Goes the Dynamite: Reunion Arena to Get Adiosed By No Later Than August

Patrick MichelsPrepare your fond farewells for Reunion Arena, which, come Wednesday, could be this much closer to demolition. The city council will vote this week on paying A&R Demolition of Austin a little more than $2 million to demolish the former home of Your Dallas Mavericks, as well as "re ... More >>

The Top 10 Sports Figures I'd Choose to Spend My Last Hour With

The Top 10 Most Memorable Openers in Dallas Mavericks’ History

EDS HP = WTF?

Tearing Down Reunion, Building Up the Dallas Convention Center Arena

Define "Generous": Past and Present Collide Over Fate of Reunion Arena

Careless Whispers, the "Advantageous" Reunion Site and Other Convention Center Hotel Revelations

Angela Hunt Talks Dirty

Right Now

The First of Several Barack Obama Items: The Outsiders' Perspective

More From the Obama Rally: The Waiting is the Hardest Part

Clinton's Coming to Town. Not That One.

Reunion Arena is Dallas' New X Spot

And You Thought Gas Prices Were Out of Control

Really? Neil Diamond?

The Big Stick

Ray Hunt gets one end of it; guess which end is reserved for the rest of us

Trouble With Paradise

Eden learns that a good restaurant review isn't always good news

Twirl Girls

Dallas' American beauties

Make a Run for It

Bikers give kids some toy joy

Everyone's Welcome

But this race is for the ladies

Emily Does Dallas

Dixie Chick Emily Robison riffs on Fly, high-fives, and why you need to check your tube top before you sing

Buzz

Night & Day

July 23 - 29, 1998

Buzz

Priced to sell out

City Manager John Ware ramrods a patched-together arena deal

Arena games

City Hall finds $35 million--and toys with turning Reunion into a reflecting pool

Lies on Tape

Secret city documents expose arena-study coverup at City Hall.

Draft day menu

A sleepy Kidd--and unhappy fans--greet an underwhelming NBA pick

Building to a Crescendo

Dallas Opera was once the toast of the nation. Now it is reaching for that high note again.

The scapegoat

A mid-level staffer bears the brunt of a sleazy City Hall coverup