Screenshot from the Advanced Schematic Drawings: Dallas Wings Secondary Facility presentation.
Dallas City Council has paused the approval of a $58 million grant agreement for the Dallas Wings.
During the Wednesday, Feb. 25 council meeting, council members raised concerns about the escalation in costs and construction delays of the facility. As of January 2026, The Dallas Morning News reported that training facility project construction had not started and completion estimates were moved from next month to spring 2027.
Rosa Flemming, director of Dallas Convention and Event Services, said last Wednesday that there have been changes made to the design, including new WNBA requirements for a practice facility and other environmental influences that increased the cost of the facility past the agreed $54 million.
“The Wings have also changed what they’ve been asking for, and our contractor in this case, which is McKissack, has severely sat back on their haunches and missed deadlines on this,” District 1 Council member Chad West said at Wednesday’s council meeting. “So, for those joint reasons, a lot of the costs have escalated and caused this delay and all of the confusion that’s come with it.”
The facility is now estimated to cost approximately $81 million, according to city staff.
In addition to concerns about the project construction, three council members filed a memo last Wednesday to consider the American Airlines Center as a potential game-day location and practice facility for the Dallas Wings. The American Airlines Center is expected to be empty by 2031 with conversations about the Dallas Mavericks and the Dallas Stars considering a move to Plano.
The agreement has been sent back to the Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention meeting scheduled for March 23.
