The Dallas Mavericks are about to put serious money into a top-to-bottom makeover of their Design District headquarters, even as the franchise keeps scouting Dallas for a long-term arena and training campus.
The multimillion-dollar renovation is set to start in the next few weeks and run for roughly a year. During construction, staff will decamp to a temporary space next door on the same property.
Mavericks CEO Rick Welts told The Dallas Morning News the goal is to give employees a super‑professional environment, even though the team might leave the Design District in five or six years. He said workers will be shifted into an adjacent building owned by the Adelson‑Dumont families while the construction crews take over the main office.
New Owners, Same Neighborhood, For Now
The Adelson‑Dumont families took a controlling interest in the Mavericks in December 2023, then followed up in January 2024 by buying the Design District property that includes the team’s headquarters. As the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, that one-two punch of acquisitions helped spur leadership to push for a bigger, more modern workspace, even while the longer-term arena puzzle is still being solved.
Where The Team Might Go Next
The Mavericks have narrowed their arena search to two starkly different Dallas sites. One is the 110-acre Valley View property north of downtown. The other is a potential downtown footprint that could pull in land around City Hall, part of an approximately 50-acre entertainment district the team is sketching out.
The Houston Chronicle reports the franchise expects to be ready to pick a site around July 1, 2026, with an eye toward opening a new arena before its American Airlines Center lease expires in July 2031.
What The Short-Term Work Will Change
The current corporate headquarters is a roughly 35,000-square-foot building completed in late 2016. It originally housed about 175 employees from both the Mavericks and the Mark Cuban Company, and the business side has since grown to well over 200 staffers.
According to The Dallas Morning News, the renovation will update office layouts and amenities, a move the team says is aimed at helping retain talent and keeping daily operations professional while the franchise’s long-term campus plan takes shape.
City officials, developers, and neighborhood stakeholders are expected to watch both the headquarters work and the eventual arena decision closely, since a new arena and mixed-use district could reshape traffic and development pressure across Dallas. For now, the Design District will keep serving as home base for Mavericks basketball operations, while the short-term remodel gives staff a refreshed workspace as the bigger picture slowly comes into focus.
