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Preliminary design for the $1 billion new Dallas Stars arena and entertainment district in Plano. [Image: City of Plano]
Dallas Stars Offer Look at New $1B Arena Project as Plano City Council Approves $700M Funding
by David Seeley | Jun 9, 2026
Plano is one step closer to scoring its own National Hockey League team after the city council approved a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone plan that could ice $700 million for the proposed $1 billion Dallas Stars arena and entertainment district at The Shops of Willow Bend.
by David Seeley |
Jun 3, 2026
The NHL team, which brought home the Stanley Cup to Dallas in its 1999 championship season, aims to leave American Airlines Center behind for a new arena and entertainment district at Plano's Shops of Willow Bend site. A key Plano City Council vote on the arena project is slated for June 8.
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Dallas-Based Comerica Bank Marks Small Business Week With $250K in Grants to Community Organizations
by Lance Murray |
May 7, 2025
Five nonprofit organizations—including Dallas-based Impact Ventures—will each receive a $50,000 contribution from Comerica Bank during National Small Business Week, which runs through Saturday.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Jan 21, 2025
D CEO and Dallas Innovates' Innovation Award winners are working to resurrect extinct species, launching autonomous trucks, reinventing military aircraft, and bringing AI into the physical world—and that's just the beginning. The 2025 awards showcase game-changing achievements—including Texas' first newly minted decacorn—across 17 categories of innovation. Here’s a look at the innovators leading the way.
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Alautus Founder Alana Matthews [Photo illustration: DI; source photos: Elizabeth Sisk Photography]
Why Alana Matthews Left a Dream Job With the Dallas Stars To Start a Custom Clothing Company for Women
by Glenn Hunter | Jun 12, 2023
The founder’s Alautus firm offers classic, luxury workwear that aims to "uplift, encourage, and cloak women in confidence."
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by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 29, 2022
A leader in the local private equity and sports business space, Thomas O. Hicks will be inducted at a ceremony put on by the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation in early November, joining others from Houston and Austin. The former owner of the Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers, Hicks currently serves as the founder, chairman, and partner of local family office Hicks Holdings and as a senior partner and director at Dallas' The Beneficient Company Group.
Hicks will join other local business legends like Mark Cuban and Ross Perot, Jr. in the Texas Business Hall of Fame, which has been inducting new members since 1983.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 31, 2020
The new full-fledged, mask-wearing campaign “could not be more needed in our community,” says creative partner Jackson Spalding.
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