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Good luck trying to get that arena even through the rendering phase, Marky.
Cuban dreams of new arena; 'we're going to want a better situation than we've got now,' he says
Mark Cuban's always been a big dreamer, and often his seemingly grandiose plans have become reality.
So it was no surprise Wednesday night to hear Cuban detail the state-of-the-art practice facility for which he hopes to break ground by this summer. But then he lobbed a bombshell.
"Hopefully, we're looking at a 20-year-plan," he said. "I'll give you some food for thought: A couple of the [possible practice facility locations] are potential new arena sites, for after this lease ends."
"My dream -- and this is like the long, long, long, long shot -- is to build an arena 20 stories up in the air, where every seat has a view of downtown, whether it's north, south, east or west," Cuban said.
Asked how he came up with this vision, Cuban laughed and said, "That's what I do."
He compared the possibility of a high-rise arena to that of New York's Madison Square Garden (not coincidentally, the Knicks were in AAC on Wednesday night to face Cuban's Mavericks), which is built atop Pennsylvania Station.
"Imagine being 20 stories up, taking a page from ballparks like Pittsburgh and other places that have amazing views," Cuban said. "That's 'a vision.' It's not necessarily a slam dunk. But that's part of the thinking process."
Cuban said that since the AAC lease expires in 14 years, "you'd have to start building [a new arena] at around 7 [years]."
Good luck trying to get that arena even through the rendering phase, Marky.
