Fort Worth Development News (Houston, Dallas: market, driving, residence)

[jbb303]

I've read that the city is leaning on the bonding company pretty hard to get the project moving forward again soon.

[JJG]

Rendering for Hyatt House, planned for 1300 W 7th. Street, from HRGA in Sacramento. Looks like the Upper Westside is finally getting more attention...

[JJG]

Proposed four story cancer treatment center, 5 story garage on 500 S. Henderson.

[JJG]

Our arena officially has a name.

[bringamac92]

Originally Posted by JJG

Our arena officially has a name.

I mean, it is Fort Worth-ish...But I would have preferred any other DFW company name lol.


But hey! atleast we have an arena now, hopefully shows and concerts are ok with making two stops in the DFW area. I hate driving to American Airlines for concerts.

[JJG]

Originally Posted by bringamac92

I mean, it is Fort Worth-ish...But I would have preferred any other DFW company name lol.


But hey! atleast we have an arena now, hopefully shows and concerts are ok with making two stops in the DFW area. I hate driving to American Airlines for concerts.

It's already received NCAA tournament rounds for basketball and the Gymnastics championship from 2020-'22, so that's a good sign that we'll get some bigger events than we would in the CC arena, which should be demolished within the next 5 years.

Also, I would have preferred XTO or BNSF or even Best Maid, but it is what it is.

[tcualum]

How are they going to fill the arena? We don't have any pro or semi pro teams to put in it and TCU doesn't want to play there. Competing against Dallas for shows will be difficult. At least they didn't design something aggressively modern that won't fit in.

[JJG]

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Originally Posted by tcualum

How are they going to fill the arena? We don't have any pro or semi pro teams to put in it and TCU doesn't want to play there. Competing against Dallas for shows will be difficult. At least they didn't design something aggressively modern that won't fit in.

And few things, here:

- There is the possibility of the North Texas Brahmas coming back, having a stable arena to play in, but...
- This arena was meant for rodeo and Stock Show events first, then other major events/concerts that the Convention Center UFO can't host anymore due to it being too small and (by today's multi-use arena standards) antiquated. Any minor league team that becomes a tenant is just extra. It's only 14k seats, less than that in hockey mode, so it's not like the NBA or NHL will be knocking on the door any time soon.
- I wouldn't say it's difficult to compete with Dallas for any special shows at all... we just haven't had a facility that's up-to-date like Dallas had for about 15 years now. Even Arlington's College Park Center held a Drake concert. ESPN picked us over Dallas to film their shows during every major sporting event DFW has hosted when they could have just as easily picked Uptown/Victory Park or Fair Park over Sundance Square. I think we're good.
- And last, but not least, keep in mind that many cities have built new arenas, some of which are larger than The DA, but haven't received their target tenent, Like Kansas City and even Tulsa. The Alamodome was built in hopes of getting an NFL franchise for San Antonio, yet it never happened. But that's ok, because they still get a ton of events out of the year and that's all that matters.

...but I still wish we had an arena in downtown with an NBA team as the main attraction, but that's just dreaming for now.

[JJG]

West Elm is opening their first Fort Worth location in West 7th. Could be the shot in the arm that development needs after about a year and a half of losing more stores than gaining.

[JJG]

New rendering for even taller (by 3 stories) Marriott Residence Inn at 8th & Houston.