With this approval, the Wings are now one step closer to having more of a presence inside Dallas city limits.
DALLAS — The Dallas City Council voted 12-2 in favor of building the Dallas Wings’ new practice facility in Far West Oak Cliff Wednesday.
Building a practice facility for the team was part of the initial deal announced last spring to bring the Wings to Dallas in 2026, and move their home games from UT-Arlington’s College Park Center to Memorial Auditorium.
With this approval, the Wings are now one step closer to having more of a presence inside Dallas city limits — something that Mayor Eric Johnson takes to heart.
“We’re gonna reward the people who want to play in our city limits, we’re gonna reward the entities that want to play the games in our town and not just wear the name,” Johnson said prior to the vote. “For anybody who’s listening, we are ready to make deals, we are ready to be aggressive, we are ready to compete for that business because we are not just going to continue to concede it to our suburbs.”
The new facility will be located at 1200 N. Cockrell Hill Road at Joey Georgusis Park. Johnson explained during a news conference after the vote that the location was picked after a very thoughtful search that included data-driven analysis of zoning, highway access and more.
Johnson added that he believes this area of Dallas could use the facility to foster economic and cultural growth.
“We want to invest in parts of Dallas that can especially benefit from the opportunities that something like this project is going to bring, something like this facility is going to bring,” Johnson explained. “It’s not true that every single part of our city has been invested in at a rate that would actually allow it to reach its full potential, or that we could get a higher return on that investment. This location was picked with this goal in mind.”
Also at the news conference Wednesday was Greg Bibb, the CEO and managing partner of the Wings,
Bibb spoke about the importance of the location where the practice facility will be built. He said that while it will provide a state-of-the-art facility for the Wings to practice, it can also aid in building up the community around it by way of youth basketball camps and clinics.
“It allows the Wings to positively impact the city in two distinct geographic locations, not only in downtown as part of the Convention Center district redevelopment, where the Wings will play home games at a renovated Dallas Memorial Auditorium, but also now in the western part of the city,” he said.
Bibb said the complex, which will open in 2026, is set to include two full-size practice courts, advanced basketball technology, professional-grade locker rooms, and dedicated spaces for recovery and strength training.
The facility will also feature family and mother’s rooms as well as a lifestyle suite, media and meeting rooms, dining areas and office space. At the heart of the project is a community space aimed at deepening the team’s connection to fans and local residents.
“We are so thrilled to be a part of this opportunity, a part of a city moving forward,” Bibb said. “We will do our part to not only serve and be a presence while training in West Oak Cliff, while playing in downtown, and while serving the community throughout the city of Dallas.”