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Every Last Word
Dallas Innovates’ signature series capturing what leaders across North Texas are saying — in their own words — about innovation, impact, and what’s next.
AT&T Stadium will host nine 2026 FIFA World Cup matches, including a globally watched semi-final. That's more than any of the other 15 host venues in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. [Photo: blightylad-infocus/iStock]
The Last Word: Dallas Airport System’s Vincent Lewis on Prepping for the 2026 World Cup
by David Seeley | Aug 14, 2024
In 2026, AT&T Stadium will host nine FIFA World Cup matches, including a globally watched semi-final—more than any of the other 15 host venues in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. A stunning 3.4 million spectators attended the 2022 World Cup matches in Qatar. Now Lewis is tasked with making sure arrivals and departures go smoothly in 2026 at Dallas Love Field Airport, Dallas Executive Airport, and the Vertiport in downtown Dallas.
by David Seeley |
Aug 13, 2024
Jerry Jones' 1989 deal to buy the Dallas Cowboys for $150 million looks smarter and smarter every year. Especially this year—because Sportico, the sports industry content platform, just released its NFL team valuations and put America's Team at the top at $10.32 billion. Cracking that 11th digit is a first for any sports franchise on the face of the earth.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 12, 2024
The Bisnow Multifamily Annual Conference was held last week at the Hilton Anatole Dallas. As one of the marquee speakers, Mark Cuban took part in a Greater Dallas Planning Council’s "Sports Economic Outlook" discussion with Dallas Interim City Manager Kim Tolbert.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 9, 2024
It's sparklingly bright and highlighted by Tide's famous orange brand color. But what's really different about the new Tide Laundromat in East Dallas is how smart it is. The location—at Whiterock Marketplace at 11255 Garland Road—is one of only four to open in the U.S., after three others launched in the Chicago area.
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The 2024 lineup at Dallas Startup Week includes 6 keynotes and more than 100 speakers. [Photos via The DEC Network]
The Last Word: The DEC Network’s Kendall Kennedy Previews Dallas Startup Week on FOX 4
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 7, 2024
When it comes to nurturing entrepreneurship, Dallas Startup Week casts a wide net. In a recent FOX 4 interview, The DEC Network's Kendall Kennedy highlighted the event's inclusive approach to supporting entrepreneurship and business growth in North Texas.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 6, 2024
Most North Texans have walked outside at night to spy a raccoon or possum nosing around in the dark. But you may be surprised to know how many creatures really burn the midnight oil across Dallas-Fort Worth. Alligators, bats, bobcats, the American mink, river otters, green tree frogs, and owls galore are just some of the nocturnal animals that feel right at home here.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 5, 2024
In the Lone Star State, tech isn't just big—it's booming. With high-tech jobs growing at twice the speed of overall state job growth, Texas has an appetite for tech talent. Enter Amazon Web Services (AWS) with its Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance, a recipe for bridging the tech skills gap.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 1, 2024
The Jensen Project, an Irving-based nonprofit that fuels strategic partnerships in the fight against sexual violence, has announced its 2024 GrantTank recipients, who will cumulatively receive more than $6 million for this application cycle.
Founder Janet Jensen began GrantTank to address the isolation and lack of collaboration among nonprofits in the movement to fight sex trafficking.
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Blowouts & Company in Deep Ellum [Photo: Andrew Sherman]
See Inside: An Art‑Filled ‘Instagrammable’ Blowout Bar Is Coming to Deep Ellum
by David Seeley | Jul 31, 2024
Dallas' Deep Ellum is famous for the 130 murals that cover walls, bridges, and columns throughout the neighborhood east of downtown. Now two of those mural artists are opening Blowouts & Company in a space where "southwest Boho meets Alison Wonderland inside of your cool grandmother‘s purse."
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by David Seeley |
Jul 29, 2024
For Dallas-based RIP-IT Sports, designing sports gear for women isn't an afterthought after all the men's gear has been wrapped. Instead, the company says it is "100% dedicated to women athletes, offering innovative softball, volleyball, soccer, and athletic gear tailored specifically for female athletes."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 26, 2024
UniverSoul Circus has returned to Dallas, bringing its international, multicultural "hip hop under the big top" to The Shops at RedBird at 3662 Camp Wisdom Road for performances through August 11. But before the fire breathers blew their first flames and the acrobats took their first leaps, the circus offered a preview at Dallas City Hall Wednesday, where Atkins other city officials, and the public got a taste of this year's "Family Reunion Tour."
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The Last Word: Paul Quinn College President on a $20M Gift, the Largest in School’s 152‑Year History
by Lance Murray |
Jul 25, 2024
Dallas' Paul Quinn College has received a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor, the largest in the institution's 152-year history. The gift will help fuel investments in a variety of programs for the college, which is credited as the creator of the Urban Work College model and is the only minority-serving, federally recognized Work College in America.
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Former Match Group CEO Bernard Kim [Images: Match Group, Kathy Schuh Photography]
The Last Word: How Gaming-Obsessed Match Group CEO Bernard Kim Is ‘Leveling Up’ Dating Apps
by David Seeley | Jul 23, 2024
When Dallas-based Match Group snagged Bernard Kim as its new CEO in 2022, he was president of mobile game maker Zynga, where he was credited with boosting Zynga’s market cap on the way to its $12.7 billion acquisition by Take-Two Interactive. Since then, he's been trying to "level up" Match's dating apps by getting users to pay extra for services so they'll "win" in the game of love, according to a new profile in the Wall Street Journal.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 22, 2024
He designed a prom tuxedo that isn’t just totally awesome—it’s waterproof, too. And now Isaac Cervantes has won two international awards and $16,000 in scholarships in the 2024 “Stuck at Prom” Scholarship Contest presented by Ohio-based Duck Tape.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 19, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth has become "the trading card capital of the world," with two big industry players, Leaf and Panini America, headquartered in the region, and top local auction houses routinely hammering sales of rare, headline-grabbing cards.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 18, 2024
Dallas-based coffee shop chain La La Land Kind Cafe—known for "normalizing kindness" and hiring and mentoring foster kids—is expanding its brand in Texas and California with the launch of four new locations this summer, including new cafes in Fort Worth and Plano.
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