Reunion Arena, Indoor arena in downtown Dallas, US.
Reunion Arena was a multipurpose indoor venue in downtown Dallas that hosted sporting events and concerts. The building offered substantial floor space and seated approximately 17,000 people.
Reunion Arena opened in April 1980, built for the City of Dallas at a cost of $27 million. It was named after La Reunion, a mid-19th-century French communal settlement near Dallas. The Mavericks played there from 1980 to 2001 and the Stars from 1993 to 2001, both leaving for the American Airlines Center. The city closed the arena on June 30, 2008, and demolition ran from April to December 2009.
The venue hosted major concerts and wrestling matches that drew crowds throughout its operation. These events shaped the city's entertainment scene for decades.
The arena closed on June 30, 2008, and demolition ran from April to December 2009, so there is nothing left to visit; the site was cleared for redevelopment. The building stood in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, where the last event before closure was a February 2008 campaign rally that filled the 17,000 seats.
The arena was built without luxury suites, which was unusual for a major sports venue at that time. This feature made it one of the last facilities of its kind before demolition.
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