Overview
- Dallas Sports Group filed a 253-page petition seeking injunctive relief to confirm control of the arena lease and move forward with planned improvements.
- The Mavericks allege the Stars breached a requirement to keep their corporate headquarters in Dallas by relocating primary offices to Frisco in 2003.
- A City of Dallas letter cited in the lawsuit formally declares the Stars in breach of their franchise agreement for moving operations out of the city.
- Stars ownership countersued to restore normal arena operations and to block what it calls the Mavericks’ attempted hostile takeover of management.
- The dispute follows a collapsed roughly $300 million renovation and lease-extension plan; both franchises remain at AAC through 2031 as each explores new venues, and the Mavericks say they seized the Stars’ operating stake in 2024 and have escrowed the Stars’ proceeds.