October 7, 2025 • 6 mins
In this eye-opening episode of The Ben and Skin Show, Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray tackle the hot topic shaking up North Texas sports: the potential relocation of the Dallas Stars from the American Airlines Center. With their lease set to expire in 2031, the Stars are reportedly exploring new venues, and the suburbs—like Plano and Frisco—are calling.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:41):
Are You Excited?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Featuring veteran news anchor Kti fun Tweets.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
We touched on this on Friday, and there's a small development,
I would say, but there's a bigger port out that
the Dallas Stars are evaluating all their options for moving
their home venue from the American Airline Center because their
lease expires in twenty thirty one, and they're looking at
the biggest you know a place that's come out as Plano,
(01:13):
but there's a few other cities that have been mentioned
as well. There was also an interview with Brad Alberts.
You guys know Brad Alberts. He's the CEO, right president,
CEO of the Dallas Stars.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
He talked to Dallas Morning News reporter. Okay, say it, Leah,
awesome Accoppolis, word awesome, Accoppolis. And here's what he said,
because she just basically asked like, hey, what if you
could that alienate a large portion of your fan base
by moving. Here's what he said. For every inconvenience, there's
(01:47):
a convenience. For the one person that's inconvenienced by a move,
there's going to be some that don't have to drive
down that toll way for an hour. Frisco on a
Tuesday night to come to the American Airline Center on
the tollway takes an hour or more. If we went
that direction, that is now a race for people in
and around that area. When you look at our fan base,
our fan base skews right up the toll way north.
(02:07):
If you start to project how the demographics and how
the city is going to grow over the next twenty years,
that's only going to get farther north.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Manatam.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
It's true. Yeah, I have wondered about this, Like, look,
the Cowboys chose to be in Frisco. The PGA chose
to put their world headquarters there. You know, there's the
Universal going in there, the Stars offices are there. I
believe you've got the rough riders out there. They what
do they call it, the Billion Dollar Corridor. I think
(02:39):
that's right, the toll way. Like there's just so much
disposable income out there, and so I get it, Like
what he's saying makes sense, Like you're gonna have Stars
fans that aren't anywhere near you know, Plano or Frisco
or up in that area, and this is going to
be a terrible inconvenience for them. But they have to
make a tough decision and say where can we do
(03:00):
the best, Like where can we get near disposable income
the people who are buying the most seasoned tickets, the
companies and those sorts of things. And I get it
if you want to go with that strategy, that everything,
because like Solina, I'm everything's going to even Selina is
going to be bigger than Frisco. Someday. And so I mean,
I see, oh, there's so much money up there.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
I get it.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I know won't make everyone happy, But if I own
that business, I absolutely would move it up north on
the Tollway.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
So the other thing that's part of this is what
the Mavericks are doing, and that's building an entertainment district,
what the Rangers did with Texas Live, all that stuff.
And so when you think about it in those terms,
the first place that makes sense if it's going to
be Plano that jumps out to me is not along
the toll Way. It's along seventy five, and that's where
(03:50):
Colin Creek Mall used to be.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I think Murdad owns it.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, he owns it. He owns that. And obviously, you know,
the owner of the Stars is in the hospitalatality business.
They've made tons of money in the hospitality business, so
he knows that world. Another place that I've heard mentioned
for the Mavericks, it's interesting if they want to stay
in Dallas proper is Valley View.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Okay, So neither Stars or MAVs playing on staying at
the AAC.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
So the MAVs are definitely moving. The MAVs have announced
that Formerly there was a lot of thought that the
Stars would stay put. But with the way this is going,
this sounds like they're going to move to some urbs.
They've also mentioned Darling, they mentioned Arlington in there, but
he also, like, you know, supporting.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
They have a youth hockey facility in Frisco, they have
a practice facility there. A lot of times they practice
in Frisco and their players playing games down there. It
doesn't make a lot of sense. Value View helped me
out there though.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Valley View the old mall, it's a six thirty five
in the toll way roughly, it's kind of between seventy five.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
It's like not two miles from here, it's like right,
and it's still Dallas city limit.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
There's all that talk about Alice doing whatever it takes
to keep the Mavericks, but they're gonna need a particular
piece of land that's big enough to do all that
and still be in Dallas proper. And so that's one
of the things that you hear being thrown out.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
I also wonder if it's just negotiations, like are they
just trying to get a better deal to stay at
the AAC when the Mavericks leave because what are they
going to do with that stadium? Just do concerts When
the Mavericks and stars are going.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Yeah yeah, knock it down, I'd.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Say, now they'll still they crank on concerts, And if
they didn't have to work around the NBA and NHL schedule,
you'd see a lot more concerts here makes sense.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
And you know, like nine HNL is playing at Dicky's
Arena and then going to American Airline Center six months later.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
It's interesting because being in Dickies last night, and you know,
I mean I'd been there before for concerts, but you
can get an extra four thousand people in the American
Airlines Center. Yeah, I mean Dickies is dope. Don't get
me wrong. I'm not. It's a great venue, but you
can legitimately, like just do the math on four thousand
people for a show.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
It's all. But also, thirty years is about a lifespan
of a stadium.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Yeah, but it's owned. It's owned by the Mavericks and
the stars. Like I don't know exactly how that works out,
like what percentage of it Cuban still owns and Galardi
and all that stuff, But that's a venue that the
stars don't have to be in for their ownership to
make money off of This is very interesting.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Yeah, we'll see. We'll see how that develops. Coming up next,
a new fast food item that has everybody talking. Does
this sound good or does this sound gross? We'll talk
about that next
Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Eagle.
Let's give away those nine inch nails tickets. They're coming
to the American Airlines Center March third. Use the iHeart app.
Leave a talkback message. The first person that leaves their name,
their phone number, their email address, and can tell us
which person on the show has a sun that turned
eighteen today. We were talking about that in the Today game.
(00:21):
If you heard it, you know which member of the
show has the sun that turned eighteen today. Leave that
message you'll win those nine inch nails tickets. See, you
gotta listen to the show. You gotta have the iHeart app.
Which company is now serving up steak nuggets. We'll get
to that in the Food News at the bottom of
the hour, But right now it's time for this.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Are You Excited?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Featuring veteran news anchor Kti fun Tweets.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
We touched on this on Friday, and there's a small development,
I would say, but there's a bigger port out that
the Dallas Stars are evaluating all their options for moving
their home venue from the American Airline Center because their
lease expires in twenty thirty one, and they're looking at
the biggest you know a place that's come out as Plano,
(01:13):
but there's a few other cities that have been mentioned
as well. There was also an interview with Brad Alberts.
You guys know Brad Alberts. He's the CEO, right president,
CEO of the Dallas Stars.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
He talked to Dallas Morning News reporter. Okay, say it, Leah,
awesome Accoppolis, word awesome, Accoppolis. And here's what he said,
because she just basically asked like, hey, what if you
could that alienate a large portion of your fan base
by moving. Here's what he said. For every inconvenience, there's
(01:47):
a convenience. For the one person that's inconvenienced by a move,
there's going to be some that don't have to drive
down that toll way for an hour. Frisco on a
Tuesday night to come to the American Airline Center on
the tollway takes an hour or more. If we went
that direction, that is now a race for people in
and around that area. When you look at our fan base,
our fan base skews right up the toll way north.
(02:07):
If you start to project how the demographics and how
the city is going to grow over the next twenty years,
that's only going to get farther north.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Manatam.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
It's true. Yeah, I have wondered about this, Like, look,
the Cowboys chose to be in Frisco. The PGA chose
to put their world headquarters there. You know, there's the
Universal going in there, the Stars offices are there. I
believe you've got the rough riders out there. They what
do they call it, the Billion Dollar Corridor. I think
(02:39):
that's right, the toll way. Like there's just so much
disposable income out there, and so I get it, Like
what he's saying makes sense, Like you're gonna have Stars
fans that aren't anywhere near you know, Plano or Frisco
or up in that area, and this is going to
be a terrible inconvenience for them. But they have to
make a tough decision and say where can we do
(03:00):
the best, Like where can we get near disposable income
the people who are buying the most seasoned tickets, the
companies and those sorts of things. And I get it
if you want to go with that strategy, that everything,
because like Solina, I'm everything's going to even Selina is
going to be bigger than Frisco. Someday. And so I mean,
I see, oh, there's so much money up there.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
I get it.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I know won't make everyone happy, But if I own
that business, I absolutely would move it up north on
the Tollway.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
So the other thing that's part of this is what
the Mavericks are doing, and that's building an entertainment district,
what the Rangers did with Texas Live, all that stuff.
And so when you think about it in those terms,
the first place that makes sense if it's going to
be Plano that jumps out to me is not along
the toll Way. It's along seventy five, and that's where
(03:50):
Colin Creek Mall used to be.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I think Murdad owns it.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, he owns it. He owns that. And obviously, you know,
the owner of the Stars is in the hospitalatality business.
They've made tons of money in the hospitality business, so
he knows that world. Another place that I've heard mentioned
for the Mavericks, it's interesting if they want to stay
in Dallas proper is Valley View.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Okay, So neither Stars or MAVs playing on staying at
the AAC.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
So the MAVs are definitely moving. The MAVs have announced
that Formerly there was a lot of thought that the
Stars would stay put. But with the way this is going,
this sounds like they're going to move to some urbs.
They've also mentioned Darling, they mentioned Arlington in there, but
he also, like, you know, supporting.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
They have a youth hockey facility in Frisco, they have
a practice facility there. A lot of times they practice
in Frisco and their players playing games down there. It
doesn't make a lot of sense. Value View helped me
out there though.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Valley View the old mall, it's a six thirty five
in the toll way roughly, it's kind of between seventy five.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
It's like not two miles from here, it's like right,
and it's still Dallas city limit.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
There's all that talk about Alice doing whatever it takes
to keep the Mavericks, but they're gonna need a particular
piece of land that's big enough to do all that
and still be in Dallas proper. And so that's one
of the things that you hear being thrown out.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
I also wonder if it's just negotiations, like are they
just trying to get a better deal to stay at
the AAC when the Mavericks leave because what are they
going to do with that stadium? Just do concerts When
the Mavericks and stars are going.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Yeah yeah, knock it down, I'd.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Say, now they'll still they crank on concerts, And if
they didn't have to work around the NBA and NHL schedule,
you'd see a lot more concerts here makes sense.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
And you know, like nine HNL is playing at Dicky's
Arena and then going to American Airline Center six months later.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
It's interesting because being in Dickies last night, and you know,
I mean I'd been there before for concerts, but you
can get an extra four thousand people in the American
Airlines Center. Yeah, I mean Dickies is dope. Don't get
me wrong. I'm not. It's a great venue, but you
can legitimately, like just do the math on four thousand
people for a show.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
It's all. But also, thirty years is about a lifespan
of a stadium.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Yeah, but it's owned. It's owned by the Mavericks and
the stars. Like I don't know exactly how that works out,
like what percentage of it Cuban still owns and Galardi
and all that stuff, But that's a venue that the
stars don't have to be in for their ownership to
make money off of This is very interesting.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Yeah, we'll see. We'll see how that develops. Coming up next,
a new fast food item that has everybody talking. Does
this sound good or does this sound gross? We'll talk
about that next
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