Sports in Dallas
Nearby Arlington, Texas, is home to the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL).
Since joining the league as an expansion team in 1960, the Cowboys have enjoyed substantial success, advancing to eight Super Bowls and winning five.
[1] Known widely as "America's Team", the Dallas Cowboys are financially the most valuable sports franchise in the United States, worth approximately 2.3 billion dollars.
Lower-level leagues The Dallas Renegades were members of the XFL and played their home games at Globe Life Park in Arlington, now known as Choctaw Stadium.
The Mavericks have won one championship, winning the 2011 NBA Finals, led by German-born superstar Dirk Nowitzki.
The Dallas Wings of the WNBA play home games at the College Park Center on the campus of University of Texas at Arlington.
The Wings will relocate to downtown Dallas at the Memorial Arena, part of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, in 2026.
FC Dallas also has an affiliate team in the developmental MLS Next Pro league, called North Texas SC.
From 1984-2004, the original Dallas Sidekicks played in the Major Indoor Soccer League, hosting home games at Reunion Arena.
The Stars won the Stanley Cup in 1999, plus the Western Conference championship three times, two Presidents' Trophies as the top regular season team in the NHL, and eight division titles.
[13] The team helped popularize hockey in the region, with Valley Ranch in Irving going from just one sheet of ice when the Stars arrived in 1993 to almost 30 in 2010.
[14] Lower levels of hockey The Allen Americans, founded for the 2009–10 season, play in the Central Division of the ECHL.
[22] The league currently holds a full home season schedule in addition to their annual Clover Cup Tournament.
About halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth, horse-racing takes place at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie.
The Legion's home field is the John Paul II High School Stadium in Plano, Texas.
[25] The Fuel won their first OWL championship in the 2022 season after defeating the San Francisco Shock in the 2022 Grand Finals.
The Dallas Diamonds, the two-time national champions of the Women's Professional Football League, play in North Richland Hills.
[26][27] McKinney is home to the Dallas Revolution, an Independent Women's Football League team.
From 2002-2008, the AFL team was the Dallas Desperados, playing home games at the American Airlines Center.
In 2010-2011, the Dallas Vigilantes played in the American Airlines Center as a part of the restructured Arena Football League.
[citation needed] The Fort Worth Cats were a historic minor-league baseball team that played from 1888-1964.
The Dallas Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse became the first professional lacrosse team to call the state of Texas home in November 2017 when the league announced its franchise from Rochester, New York would be relocating to Frisco and The Ford Center at The Star.
Sports teams that formerly played in the Dallas-Fort Worth area: Dallas has no major Division I college sports program within its political boundaries, although it has one program within its city limits—the Mustangs of Southern Methodist University are located in the enclave of University Park.
In addition, Dallas is traversed by 61.6 miles (99.1 km) of biking and jogging trails, including the Katy Trail, and is home to 47 community and neighborhood recreation centers, 276 sports fields, 60 swimming pools, 232 playgrounds, 173 basketball courts, 112 volleyball courts, 126 play slabs, 258 neighborhood tennis courts, 258 picnic areas, six 18-hole golf courses, two driving ranges, and 477 athletic fields.
[33] As part of the ongoing Trinity River Project, the Great Trinity Forest, at 6,000 acres (24 km2), is the largest urban hardwood forest in the United States and is part of the largest urban park in the United States.
The Trinity River Audubon Center is the first LEED-certified building constructed by the City of Dallas Parks and Recreation Department.
The preserve sits at an elevation of 755 feet (230 m) above sea level, and contains a variety of outdoor activities, including 10 miles (16 km) of hiking trails and picnic areas.
