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The Dallas Regional Chamber’s 2025 annual meeting featured a “Playmaker’s Panel” of top local pro-sports executives, as well as reports from the DRC leadership. From left: Rick Welts, Dallas Mavericks; Charlotte Jones, Dallas Cowboys; Cynt Marshall and Dale Petroskey, DRC; Greg Bibb, Dallas Wings. [Photos: Joseph Haubert/DRC]
From Playmakers to Policymakers: DRC Champions the Dallas Region’s Winning Ways
by Glenn Hunter | Jan 23, 2025
At its annual meeting at Arlington's Globe Life Field, the Dallas Regional Chamber took a victory lap with Dallas-Fort Worth's multiple No. 1 economic rankings, outlined DRC priorities for the new legislative session, and heard from five leading pro sports executives why North Texas is such a sports business powerhouse.
by Lance Murray |
Dec 10, 2024
Dallas-based architecture firm HKS is the designer on the massive project for the Browns' owner, Haslam Sports Group. Lincoln says the mixed-use development alone is expected to generate $1.2 billion annually and create more than 3,300 permanent jobs for Northeast Ohio.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 27, 2023
NFL and MLS titan Clark Hunt shares the playbook for transforming the KC Chiefs into reigning champions. In a wide-ranging conversation, the lifelong Dallasite talks with Anurag Jain about attracting young female "Swifties" to the NFL, his family's 90-year sports and business roots — and how his dad named the Super Bowl and the Lombardi trophy.
Hunt kicked off the first installment of the Venture Dallas "Conversations with Champions" series.
Hunt kicked off the first installment of the Venture Dallas "Conversations with Champions" series.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 16, 2023
The NFL and NBA icons—Clark Hunt and Dirk Nowitzki—will kick off and wrap up discussions on innovation and investment. They add to an "impressive speaker lineup" including Nextdoor Co-Founder Nirav Tolia and other trailblazing speakers. Here's the full roster.
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WJHW was involved in the design of the sound systems and audiovisual at Dickies Arena.
PMY Group Invests in WJHW Expansion to Extend Tech Design Firm’s Global Reach
by Quincy Preston | Aug 16, 2023
North Texas-based WJHW has spearheaded high-profile tech system projects at venues such as SoFi Stadium, UBS Arena, Globe Life Field, and Dickie's Arena. To lead its global push, PMY Group has promoted WJHW veterans Kym Shilton to Senior Vice President of International and Charles Adkinson to Senior Vice President of Sports Development.
As part of PMY's strategy, the company said it plans to relocate its global headquarters from Melbourne to the United States.
As part of PMY's strategy, the company said it plans to relocate its global headquarters from Melbourne to the United States.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2023
A former NFL player, Scott Turner is the former executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council under Dr. Ben Carson's leadership. Before that, he served two terms as representative of House District 33 in the Texas House of Representatives.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 2, 2023
nVenue's “micro-betting” next-play predictions have aired on NBC Sports as well as Apple TV+ MLB broadcasts, and it kicked off its NFL betting product in October. Now the startup is taking the court with the NBA to develop a "micro-betting curation engine that leverages NBA assets to create unique, contextual in-game micro-betting markets, props, and parlays."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 15, 2022
Earlier this week, we told you the Dallas Cowboys were planning $295 million in upgrades for AT&T Stadium. During NFL league meetings in Irving in the last few days, the team got a green light on their plan to pay for the job, Sports Illustrated's Mike Fisher reports.
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Troy Aikman [Photo: Michael Samples/Dallas Innovates]
Troy Aikman on Launching EIGHT Beer, How Meditation Changed Him, and Why the Right People Matter More Than a Great Idea
by David Seeley | Nov 17, 2022
Troy Aikman spoke in a fireside chat at the Venture Dallas conference last week with Ameeth Sankaran, CEO of Religion of Sports. Here's what he shared on his businesses past and present; how Roger Staubach inspired his post-NFL life; his advice on choosing your team; and the importance of wellness for both life and work.
"If you don't feel good, it's hard to do good," Aikman said. "I feel the best I've ever felt, and I'm probably doing the best good that I've ever done."
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by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 7, 2022
The startup found early traction in 2021 as part of the Comcast NBCUniversal SportTech Accelerator. Its predictions are now displayed on two MLB games per week on Apple TV+’s Friday Night Baseball.
That work with broadcasters is "helping get the market used to the type of real-time analytics," says Co-Founder and CFO Drew Williams. nVenue innovates in the watch-and-bet market and aims to turn prediction displays into actionable betting items for fans, "providing operators almost a million markets that they can take today."
That work with broadcasters is "helping get the market used to the type of real-time analytics," says Co-Founder and CFO Drew Williams. nVenue innovates in the watch-and-bet market and aims to turn prediction displays into actionable betting items for fans, "providing operators almost a million markets that they can take today."
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by David Seeley |
Jul 25, 2022
Choctaw Stadium—formerly Globe Life Park, next door to the Texas Rangers' current ballpark—will be the home of the XFL's Dallas Renegades and the in-week performance center for the spring pro football league, which kicks off in February.
"The XFL has officially landed in the great football state of Texas," said XFL co-owner Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, promising a "new kind of football experience" harnessing modern technology, content, and interactivity.
"The XFL has officially landed in the great football state of Texas," said XFL co-owner Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, promising a "new kind of football experience" harnessing modern technology, content, and interactivity.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 3, 2022
Dallas-based nVenue, a real-time B2B sports prediction platform, breaks games down into thousands of "micro bet" moments—with a single baseball game offering 15,000 "betting opportunities."
After providing its live tech feed during NBC MLB broadcasts last season, it's now widening its focus to the NFL, the NBA, and other sports—and looking to scale its offering.
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John Tomlinson, the co-founder of Equalizer Games and a former NFL coach. [Image: Courtesy Equalizer Games]
Dallas-Based Virtual Football Training App Receives $100K Investment From Arlan Hamilton
by Alex Edwards | Jul 20, 2020
The funding will go to Equalizer Games' Quarterback Equalizer, a virtual training game app that uses gamification to help quarterbacks better understand their position.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 31, 2018
Plus, grants for Southern Dallas Thrives, a state grant for mental health, and fundraising by A Conversation with a Legend and TWO X TWO for AIDS and Art, as well as other social efforts to boost nonprofits in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 5, 2018
A Syracuse, New York-based biosciences company bringing its innovative brain assessments to North Texas is just one example of the latest brain health initiatives in the area especially focused on the lasting consequences of concussions.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Dec 21, 2017
More than 80 percent of the Dallas startup's user base lives outside the U.S., according to founder Agustin Gonzalez.
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