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Dallas Mavs' Mark Cuban working with HKS, Texas A&M on new practice facility design
Candace Carlisle
March 29, 2016

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been working with Dallas-based HKS Inc. and architecture graduate students from Texas A&M on the design of the NBA team's new practice facility, which real estate sources say the billionaire would like to put in an urban part of the city.

In a news release, Texas A&M said the university's students recently showed Cuban and HKS' director of sports and entertainment Bryan Trubey (former Texas A&M graduate) designs for a new mixed-use development meant to become a destination for Mavericks fans, players and team personnel, with amenities such as a team store, public cafe, museum, outdoor water feature and garden.

"The building will also include office space and conference rooms for startup technology companies, further separating the building from typical NBA practice facilities," according to Texas A&M officials.

Real estate sources say the billionaire has begun looking at options near Victory Park and in Deep Ellum in hopes of landing a new state-of-the-art practice facility that has the capability to aid in player recruitment and generate more buzz from fans.

"Overall, the sports industry is taking notice of what [Jerry] Jones has done, which is essentially building a secondary home to generate revenue and build fan support that will ultimately build the brand," said John Alper, vice president of strategic partnerships for Plano-based Chisum Sports & Hospitality, told the Dallas Business Journal.

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