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Dallas Mavericks bring fancy restaurants to AAC in sports-food shakeup
Do you want to dine at Dallas hot spot Catch but haven’t secured a reservation? High-end restaurants like Avra, Crown Block, Uchi, Catch and more are setting up pop-up shops inside the American Airlines Center during Dallas Mavericks games.
Those restaurants — plus others coming later in the Mavericks’ season — are among Dallas’ priciest dinner spots.
Patrick Lang, vice president of global restaurant and nightlife development for Las Vegas Sands Corp., a company owned by the families that bought the Mavericks, has a plan to bring high-end restaurants to the AAC without the high price and formal dining.
“How can we take this dining experience that is a real commitment,” he asked of Dallas’ finest spots, “and do it in a more fun, approachable way for fans?”
Catch opened on Maple Avenue in Uptown Dallas in late 2024.
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The next upscale restaurant popping up at the AAC is Catch, the seafood spot that originated in New York City and opened in Dallas in late 2024. Billionaire Tilman Fertitta and two NYC restaurateurs have grown Catch across the United States to cities like Las Vegas — yes, the city where Las Vegas Sands Corp. is headquartered.
Catch will sell a double royale with cheese and Parmesan-truffle fries on Dec. 6, 2025, during the Dallas Mavericks-Houston Rockets game. The burger and fries will cost $26.
The restaurant atop Dallas’ iconic Reunion Tower, Crown Block, is next. On Dec. 23, 2025, this restaurant managed by a couple from Vegas will sell a shrimp po’boy at the AAC for around $20.
Loro has restaurants in Addison and East Dallas. For one day, it served food inside the American Airlines Center, during the Dallas Mavericks’ season opener game in October 2025. Chefs sold a limited quantity 30 servings of smoked shishito queso.
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For the Mavericks’ game against the Golden State Warriors Jan. 22, 2025, the team has confirmed Dallas Design District restaurant The Mexican will join the AAC pop-up. And in the spring, Lang hopes to do a special event with Wakuda, a modern Japanese restaurant in Vegas and Singapore.
Lang said adding restaurant pop-ups in Dallas was a natural step for Las Vegas Sands, which owns and operates resorts in Macao and Singapore.
“When new ownership took over the Mavericks, we had a pretty big vision,” he said.
“For years, we’ve partnered with some of the world’s best culinary brands. We have a deep track record of bringing exceptional experiences to our resorts, and we think these experiences should be part of a game day experience as well.”
It kicked off last season, with a caviar and fried chicken dish from Yardbird.
Other restaurants that have participated include Loro, the Austin-born, Dallas-bred Asian smokehouse; and Uchi, the high-end Japanese restaurant owned by the same Texas group.
Will a high-end restaurant pop up at every Dallas Mavericks game?
Probably not. Lang said they’re focused on “marquee matchups” — basketball games that are on evenings, weekends or notable dates.
Where can I find the food?
The first events were VIP only, just off the basketball court. Starting on Oct. 22, 2025, the pop-ups are on the main concourse of the AAC, accessible to any fan with a ticket to the game. Find them at the Modelo Gold Lion Bar & Grill on the Plaza Level (main concourse), near Section 103.
Will diners find a typical restaurant experience?
No. “It’s an incentive to get fans to show up and get engaged,” Lang said, but it isn’t a replacement for a full meal at one of these restaurants.
He’s dreaming of selling a chicken Parmesan sandwich from Carbone at a future event.
“That could be a really cool item,” he said. “How do we take something seen as very exclusive and a major commitment from a time perspective,” he said, “[and offer it] at a great price point?”
He thinks the partnership allows restaurants to be creative and reach a new audience, in a new place. It also gives Dallas Mavericks foodies a reason to go hunting through the AAC for new food.
Will these restaurants serve food at events other than Mavs games?
No. Las Vegas Sands is utilizing its restaurant relationships for basketball games in Dallas. Concerts, Dallas Stars games and other events are not included.
How can attendees know what’s next to eat?
The Mavericks will share restaurant details in game day preview emails, which are sent to ticketed fans and Mavs subscribers. Details will also appear on the Mavericks’ Instagram story on game day.
With the official NFL schedule coming this week, the Dallas Cowboys have revealed when, where and against who their Week 1 contest will be.
The Cowboys announced that they will square off against the New York Giants on the road in Week 1, with the game set for Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7:20 p.m. CT. So, it’s prime time for the Cowboys to start the season.
This is the second game we know about for the Cowboys this year. Of course, we know they will be playing on Thanksgiving, also.
The official schedule will drop on May 14, the NFL announced last week. Schedules for all 32 teams will be revealed on ESPN and the NFL Network, but each team will unveil its own schedule on social media, also.
The Cowboys were always likely to play a road game in Week 1 because of an Usher and Chris Brown concert taking place at AT&T Stadium that week.
Dallas will also be impacted by an Ed Sheeran concert in Week 7, so that’s another potential road game. They could also play on Monday or Thursday that week, or have a bye.
Cowboys’ strength of schedule
According to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis, the Cowboys are not going to have an easy road to make the postseason.
The Cowboys have the fourth-toughest schedule in the NFL going into the 2026 season, with only the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers having tougher slates.
Dallas’ schedule is also the third-toughest in the NFC, and the most difficult in the NFC East.
Sharp does his strength of schedule rankings based on win totals from Vegas oddsmakers rather than utilizing the previous season’s records because that metric doesn’t factor in offseason changes.
The Cowboys will play home games against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders.
On the road, Dallas will square off against the Giants, Eagles, Commanders, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers.
Of those opponents, seven of them made the postseason in 2025, a list that includes the Jaguars, 49ers, Eagles, Texans, Rams, Seahawks and Packers.
All of those teams should be as good in 2026, and teams like the Colts, Titans, Ravens, Bucs, Giants and Commanders have a very real chance to be improved as well.
It won’t be an easy road for Dallas to get back to the playoffs in 2026, but there’s at least hope following a defensive overhaul.
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Dallas weather: May 10 morning forecast
Today is by far our most active day of the extended forecast. After our Red River Counties got some severe storms overnight, we expect a mostly quiet morning. Isolated storms are expected to start forming just after noon. The severe threat begins mid-afternoon in a more scattered fashion, before a cold front ushers in widespread rain and strong storms this evening.
DALLAS – A powerful cold front sweeping across North and Central Texas on Monday is expected to trigger a wave of severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail, dangerous winds, and isolated flash flooding.
Severe weather in North Texas
Timeline:
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth warned that while showers and storms will begin developing Monday morning, the risk of severe weather will peak during the afternoon and evening hours as the front advances southward.
We are tracking two distinct phases of the storm system. Initial storms are expected to be “discrete,” or individual cells, which carry a high risk of large hail exceeding 2 inches in diameter. As the evening progresses, these individual storms are forecast to merge into a large cluster or broken line.
Once the storms consolidate, the primary threat will shift toward damaging straight-line winds. Forecasters warned that wind gusts could exceed 70 to 75 mph, speeds capable of downing trees, damaging roofs, and causing power outages.
In addition to the wind and hail threats, the system is expected to dump significant amounts of water. While most areas will see standard rainfall, there is a 10% to 15% chance that some locations could receive up to 4 inches of rain. Isolated flash flooding can happen over these locations.
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We are watching how morning activity near the Red River might influence the speed of the cold front. The exact position of that front will be the primary factor in determining where the most intense storms initiate.
Residents are encouraged to monitor local forecasts and have multiple ways to receive weather warnings throughout the evening.
The front is expected to push through the region by Tuesday morning.
7-Day Forecast
The Source: Information in this article is from the National Weather Service and the FOX 4 Weather team.
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