NBA Coming to the City of Good Neighbors
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Maybe Texas isn't all it's cracked up to be.
BUFFALO-- The Mavericks are getting a new hometown and a new logo -- much to the chagrin of longtime fans in Dallas.
The team announced on Sunday that it will move to Buffalo in 2019, where it will become the city's first NBA team since the bitter departure of the Braves.
The Mavs started out Dallas, playing their first season as a franchise there in 1981. However, they had a difficult start, being the third NBA team in the Lone Star State, and going up against a stronghold of football fans in Dallas.
The move comes after the Mavericks failed to get a ballot measure passed that would have built a new arena using public funding. The existing home of the Mavericks, American Airlines Center, opened in 2001, and is also used by the Dallas Stars Hockey team, a team which controls 51 of the revenue at the present. There is no word on whether the team will change name and mascot with the new location, perhaps paying tribute to the rich history and culture of Buffalo.
The news was confirmed in a letter from team owner Mark Cuban.
"[Dallas] will always be a part of our identity," Cubanwrote. "Our organization knows that we have a tremendous amount of work to do. We must earn the respect and support of all of Buffalo."
Cuban also said the Mavs must "get back to winning" and that the team will be a "champion for the community."
"The Mavericks are determined to fight for BUffalo and we are excited to get started," he said.
Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings said the Mavericks were unwilling to work with the city on a new stadium deal.
"The Mavericks wanted a lot more taxpayer money than we were able to give,"[The Marvericks' owner] made a bad decision and he will regret it. Dallas didn't lose the Mavericks, the Mavericks just lost Dallas. Maybe even all of Texas"
The Mavericks declined to comment.
Buffalo hasn't had an NBA team since 1978, but the league has been eager to install one in the city, which is a lucrative market.
Eventually the Mavericks will move into a new stadium that's set to be built near Buffalo Niagra International airport, but for the meanwhile they will play at KeyBank Center.
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