Dark and dusty. That was Mark Cuban’s first impression of the warehouse that now houses the Mavericks’ new practice facility, a two-minute drive under Interstate-35 from the American Airlines Center.
But the square feet and the height of the ceiling checked out. So did the 14-acre plot of land that Cuban purchased for $75 million, including this space, in Dallas’ budding Design District. So Cuban bought it, and construction started around May. Five months later — an absurdly quick turnaround — the Mavericks practiced here for the first time.
“This thing came together in a record amount of time,” Rick Carlisle said.