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Home of the Mavericks & Stars

Located in the Victory Park neighborhood in downtown Dallas, American Airlines Center opened in 2001 to provide a new home for local NBA team the Dallas Mavericks and NHL franchise the Dallas Stars , who had previously played at the Reunion Arena.

American Airlines Center History

Construction for American Airlines Center broke ground in September 1999, and the arena officially opened on July 17, 2001. Its brick, limestone and granite architecture strike the perfect balance between classic and modern. Some fans have nicknamed it “The Hangar” due to its Quonset hut-like roof, and the fact that American Airlines holds the naming rights.

The arena also features two adjacent outdoor spaces, Victory Plaza and Woodall Rodgers Plaza, which serve as the location for pre- and post-event gatherings.

Parking and Admission at American Airlines Center

There are over 5,000 parking spots near the venue, many within a two-block walk. Parking lots open two hours before events and remain open for two hours after. Parking passes can be pre-purchased through the venue’s website .

At American Airlines Center, a bag policy is in place. The following items are permitted and prohibited:

Permitted Items:

• Wristlet, clutch, or wallet no larger than 4.5”x6.5”
• Small purses that do not exceed 14” x 14” x 6”
• Medical bags and parenting bags

Prohibited Items:

• Backpacks and large totes
• Outside food and drinks (with exceptions for baby formula or medical needs)
• Drones, glassware, umbrellas, brooms, laptops, and tablets

The list of prohibited items is subject to change, so be sure to check the official guidelines before attending an event.

American Airlines Center Capacity & Seating Options

With a seating capacity ranging from 19,000 for sporting events to 21,000 for concerts, the multi-use arena is the crown jewel of Dallas’ entertainment scene.

Consult the American Airlines Center’s Ticketmaster page to view seating maps for the venue’s various event configurations. Luxury suites are also available to rent by event or to lease.

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Food & Beverage Options at American Airlines Center

American Airlines Center features various concession-stand options, as well as in-house bars and restaurants. In addition to countless concession options — from the AvoEats taco stand to good ol’ Pizza Hut — American Airlines Center features over a dozen bars and restaurants for those who don’t want to drink and eat in their seat. Whether you’re getting a premium patty from Valor Bar & Burger or a full-course gourmet meal at the Gentleman Jack Lounge, no one leaves American Airlines Center hungry. Drink connoisseurs can cruise the venue’s various whiskey, tequila, craft beer and bourbon speciality bars.

Hotels Near American Airlines Center in Dallas

There are several options for hotels in proximity to the American Airlines Center. Some of the top-rated hotels include:

• Hotel ZaZa Dallas
• Le Méridien Dallas, The Stoneleigh
• HALL Arts Hotel Dallas, Curio Collection by Hilton
• Hyatt Regency Dallas
• Hyatt House Dallas/Uptown
• Fairmont Dallas
• DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dallas – Market Center
• Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Dallas
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Distance from key points of interest.

• Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center : 1.24 miles
• Dallas Love Field Airport: 5.11 miles
• DFW International Airport : 15.40 miles
• AT&T Stadium : 16.62 miles

Deep in the heart of Texas lies American Airlines Center, one of the nation’s top arenas. Since opening its doors in 2001, American Airlines Center has been setting the precedent for sporting and live entertainment events. Housing both the NBA Dallas Mavericks and the NHL Dallas Stars, the American Airlines Center displays its unique versatility with its retractable seating transforming from a 20,000 seat basketball arena into an up-close action-heavy 18,532 seat hockey rink. On the forefront of technology, American Airlines Center features a 1080 HD Centerhung as well as two massive video boards at each upper end, and an audio system with surround sound capabilities. With 105 luxury suites, 78 theater boxes and awards in architectural design, customer service, and green technology, the American Airlines Center is nothing short of a world class facility.

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• Indoor Facility

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Are sports fans done funding sports stadiums? Dallas will be a litmus test.

Ron Kirk knew going in what the lifespan would be for a replacement for Reunion Arena.

“Thirty years,” he said.

Kirk was the foremost political figure to lead the American Airlines Center project from its conception to construction. The AAC cost $420 million to build, and it opened in October of 2001.

Both the Mavericks and Stars will soon play in the 2024 NBA playoffs and 2024 NHL playoffs, and we are likely in the twilight of the AAC as the home to both. That’s insane.

No one in any rational state who builds a house, or even an office space, thinks before they sign the necessary 43 million documents required for construction, says, “Thirty years and she’s done.”

“That’s the reality of modern sports,” said Kirk, the former Dallas mayor, in a recent interview. “You build a building and when it’s life span is over, you build a new one. That’s what these owners want.”

And nearly all of us keep giving it to them. Unless you’re Oakland. San Diego. And now Kansas City. Northern Virginia. Probably Chicago, too.

Could we finally be entering an era of sports where tax payers all over the country vote “NO” to approving these seemingly benign 0.00000003 tax increases to fund new stadiums and arenas? Go with a hard maybe.

It’s trending that way, but we still need more data.

Are K.C., Oakland and Virginia the new trend for sports stadiums?

This week, voters in Jackson County, Mo., trounced a ballot measure that would have given both the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs hundreds of millions. It was a 40-year tax increase to essentially fund a new stadium for the Royals in downtown K.C., and would have provided money to upgrade Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs.

Both teams play in venues that are 50-plus-years old. By today’s standards, they’re in the Roman Coliseum.

It’s hard to envision a scenario where the teams leave K.C. It’s equally hard to envision a scenario, after that ballot measure that was rejected, K.C. gives teams that act as if they are essentials to the city whatever they want.

This comes after the city of Oakland could not come to an agreement with the A’s baseball team on a new stadium; the A’s have announced it will leave Oakland after this season and play in Sacramento from 2025 to ‘27; the plan is to relocate to Las Vegas in ‘28, but the details on a new venue there are sketchy.

Last year, the Washington Wizards of the NBA and Capitals of the NHL announced plans to relocate from the Capital Center in Washington D.C. to a proposed new location in nearby Alexandria, Va.

In March, Alexandria city leaders announced the plan for a proposed $2 billion sports and entertainment complex for the two teams wa s dead. Taxpayers in Virginia would have paid $1.5 billion in bonds.

Instead, the Caps/Wizards will remain at their venue that opened in 1997.

After years of fighting between the city of San Diego and the Chargers over the proposed financing of a new stadium, the ownership gave up and moved the team to Los Angeles, in 2017.

In Chicago, both the Bears and White Sox seek public funds to build new stadiums in a city that is known for its stunning views of Lake Michigan as it is its stunning debt, which is the second-highest of any major town in the U.S .

North Texas as a test case for new sports stadiums

Any proposal for a new home of the Stars and Mavericks should serve as a litmus test where America sits with its tolerance to subsidize venues for teams that take a disproportionate share of the revenue. As the valuation of sports franchises continues to shatter logic, perhaps citizens will have a hard time justifying giving them more money.

Historically, Texans never say NO to new sports stadiums. From Houston to Austin, San Antonio to Dallas and over to Fort Worth, all of Texas’ major cities feature venues that received significant public financing. If we say NO, every major sports league in North America has a problem.

When Mark Cuban was the primary owner of the Mavericks, he openly discussed the future of a new venue, after the team’s lease with the AAC expires in 2031. The lease is so prohibitive that an early departure isn’t worth it. New ownership has said it intends to honor the lease.

The building has aged well enough, but there were flaws that team officials from the Stars and Mavs complained about the moment it opened. The biggest complaint was that then Mavs owner Ross Perot Jr. put a premium on design, rather than allow for more space dedicated to concession sales; where real money is generated.

Even though Cuban sold the majority stake in the Mavs to the Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) last year, 2031 remains in play as the team’s exit from the AAC. The construction of a new facility will likely hinge on when Texas legalizes gambling.

Whenever that passes it will potentially allow Las Vegas Sands Corp. to build a resort-casino with an arena as the Mavericks serving as the primary tenant. The Dallas Business Journal has reported that LVS already owns 259 acres in Irving near Highway 114 and Loop 12, which includes the site where Texas Stadium was once located.

After the Cowboys left Texas Stadium, in 2009, the city of Irving considered a variety of proposals to re-purpose the venue. One of those proposals, complete with artist renderings, was a hotel/casino. That was at a time when this country’s relationship with gambling was reserved for only a few places.

The stadium was demolished in April of 2010, and any talk of a casino at the old place was thrown into the dumpster along with everything else.

When, not if, LVS plans to build this, will it ask the citizens of Irving and Dallas County to fork over some money? Yes. Will those people vote “Yes” is no longer a given.

Justifying the expense of another stadium

Since Texas Stadium was imploded, our growing area has opened Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Globe Life Field in Arlington and the Ford Center in Frisco. All three were partly publicly financed.

This is part of a trend that began around 1970 when cities all over the U.S. started to subsidize the construction of venues that only last about 30 to 35 years. Locally, Texas Stadium lasted 38 years. Reunion Arena made it 21 years. The Ballpark in Arlington, now Choctaw Stadium, was the home for the Rangers from 1994 to 2019.

In other places, the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis made it from 1984 to 2007; Atlanta’s Fulton County Stadium was in use from 1965 to 1996; the Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan, home of the Detroit Pistons, was open from 1998 to 2017.

This is standard sports’ stadium timeline all over North America, where everything is built to be thrown away.

The irony is our most celebrated venues are the old ones; L.A..’s Rose Bowl (1922), Chicago’s Wrigley Field (1914), Boston’s Fenway Park (1912), Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1909). Those are ancient ruins compared to our other favorites, such as Dodgers Stadium (1955), Lambeau Field (1957), Kansas’ Allen Fieldhouse (1955).

You either play, and operate, the glorified museum-stadium, which is a tourist attraction, or you “need” the new one complete with an assortment of new-age amenities.

“The argument is always you never need to build it; we battled that when we did it here,” Kirk said. “We put in $125 million, and there’s been over $3 billion in private investments around (the AAC). It worked spectacularly.”

Before the construction of the AAC, the area was an industrial hazard site. Literally. Since the building went up, it’s morphed into a mixed-use site for offices, residential space in the form of condos, and retail space with bars and restaurants.

“What drove a lot of energy then, in the ‘90s and not just in Dallas, all of the urban areas had been hallowed out by families fleeing and businesses going to the suburbs,” Kirk said. “The one thing that brought people back into the urban areas were arts, culture, sports, museums, and concerts.

“It’s a performing arts building; that’s what you need to think of it as.”

In the late ‘90s, Dallas tax payers approved a 2 percent hotel tax and 5 percent car rental tax to help cover their end of the $125 million to build the arena. The tourism tax has typically been the easiest way to lure voters to approve these measures; they don’t see the cost on their bill.

The city said the revenue from this vote far exceeded expectations, and it retired the debt far ahead of schedule. Arlington said the same thing with AT&T Stadium and the Ballpark in Arlington.

This is how franchises, and leagues, sell these proposals to cities all over the U.S.

A smart economist can find an assortment of pretty numbers to justify a “YES” vote just as easily as a “NO.”

Ultimately, the decision-maker is not an economist but a voter. A voter who for decades has said yes to new stadiums and arenas. We might be coming to an end of that era.

The Las Vegas Sands Corp. and the Dallas Mavericks will find out for themselves.

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How the Dallas Mavericks can clinch a top-six playoff seed Tuesday night

If the chips fall the right way, the mavericks will avoid the nba’s play-in tournament..

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The Dallas Mavericks are closing in on a making the playoffs, while also avoiding the NBA’s play-in tournament .

Luka Doncic and Co. can secure a top-six seed in the Western Conference on Tuesday night if the chips fall the right way.

Dallas, currently the No. 5 seed in the West with a 48-30 record, can clinch a playoff spot if it defeats Charlotte and either No. 6 Phoenix (46-32) or No. 7 New Orleans (46-32) loses on Tuesday.

The Mavericks can also clinch the Southwest Division title with a win and a New Orleans loss.

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How to watch Dallas Mavericks vs. Houston Rockets: TV channel, NBA live stream info, start time

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Fortunes may be turning around for the Rockets after losing four in a row. They have jumped out to a 106-98 lead against the Mavericks. The Rockets' offense has been firing on all cylinders thus far, outscoring their total from last Friday with time still left to play.

The Rockets came into the match with some extra motivation after the loss they were dealt the last time these two teams faced off. We'll see if they're able to flip the script or if it'll just be more of the same.

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Houston Rockets @ Dallas Mavericks

Current Records: Houston 38-39, Dallas 47-30

How To Watch

• When:  Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. ET
• Where:  American Airlines Center -- Dallas, Texas
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• Ticket Cost: $62.61

What to Know

The Rockets are 2-8 against the Mavericks since January of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Sunday. The Houston Rockets will head out on the road to take on the Dallas Mavericks at 3:30 p.m. ET at American Airlines Center. The Rockets are expected to lose this one by eight points, so we'll see if that gives them a bit of motivation.

The Rockets' recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their fourth straight defeat. The match between them and the Heat wasn't particularly close, with the Rockets falling 119-104.

Meanwhile, the Mavericks skirted by the Warriors 108-106 on Friday on a last-minute layup from PJ Washington with 4 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Kudos to the oddsmakers for accurately forecasting both the winner and the close margin.

Among those leading the charge was Washington, who scored 32 points along with five rebounds and five steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyrie Irving, who scored 26 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists.

Houston now has a losing record at 38-39. As for Dallas, they pushed their record up to 47-30 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.

This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: The Rockets haven't given up the ball easily this season, having only averaged 12.2 turnovers per game. However, it's not like the Mavericks struggle in that department as they've been averaging only 11.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.

The Rockets lost to the Mavericks on the road by a decisive 125-107 margin in their previous matchup on Sunday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Mavericks' Luka Doncic, who shot 9-for-16 from downtown and dropped a double-double on 47 points and 12 rebounds. Now that the Rockets know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check CBSSports.com after the match to find out.

Dallas is a big 8-point favorite against Houston, according to the latest NBA odds .

The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Mavericks as a 7.5-point favorite.

The over/under is 226.5 points.

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Dallas has won 8 out of their last 10 games against Houston.

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Dallas' Team, Cowboys vs. Houston Texans 2.0? Building a Champion?

Dallas Cowboys getting local rival, Dallas Mavericks sprinting toward finish line and a Caitlyn Clark "history" lesson, all in this week's DFW sports notebook.

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WHITT’S END: 4.5.24

Whether you’re at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt’s End …

*Since the Dallas Cowboys can’t win a Super Bowl, maybe they should just “buy” one? That’s the waste-of-breath idea from cuckoo Dallas mayor Eric Johnson, the unstable leader who changed political parties during his term, who was in Switzerland for a World Economic Forum during his city’s recent critical $1.1 billion bond allocation meetings, and who now thinks his fair burg should be the new (old) home of the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. This week Missouri voters struck down a sales tax that would have funded major renovations to the Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs, who had committed $300 million in private money to the upgrades, were hoping to use public funding to help support the $800 million project. Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt says the team must now look at other options. The lease with Arrowhead runs through 2031. Johnson attempted to capitalize on the Missouri vote by recruiting the Chiefs back to Dallas with a social media post that read “Welcome home, Dallas Texans!”. “Our market is big enough, growing enough, and loves football more than enough to support a second NFL team,” Johnson said. “Especially a franchise (and an owner) with deep roots here.” File this one under “over my dead body”, as Jerry Jones obviously would fight to keep his football monopoly in North Texas. Said Jerry in 2022: “You can be rest assured that you would not have the NFL supporting another team because of the kind of value that the game and the NFL receives of having the Dallas Cowboys as one of its marquee teams and again, logic tells you the NFL wouldn’t want to water that down.” The Cowboys so dominate DFW that most fans don’t even realize the Chiefs did indeed begin in Dallas. Before Dak Prescott and Tony Romo and Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach and even Don Meredith, Len Dawson was the first star quarterback in Dallas professional football history. In 1960 pro football arrived in DFW, in the form of the NFL's Cowboys and the AFL's Dallas Texans. The Texans' owner - Lamar Hunt - was keen on hiring for his head coach a defensive whiz in New York. Alas, Tom Landry took a job with the Cowboys and Hunt settled on future Hall of Famer Hank Stram. While the Cowboys floundered in their first three seasons, by 1962 the Texans were winning their league's championship. With their training camp at SMU and sharing a home stadium with the Cowboys in the Cotton Bowl, the Texans got a boost from the arrival of Dawson. Cut by the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns, Dawson joined the Texans and became the AFL's MVP after leading the league in passing touchdowns with 29. In 1962 Meredith, the Cowboys' first star quarterback, was still splitting time with Eddie LeBaron. Tired of sharing the spotlight with the Cowboys and sensing an available market to the north, Hunt moved the Texans to Kansas City in 1963 and re-named them the Chiefs. Dawson was the centerpiece of Kansas City's early success, leading them to three AFL Championships. And after the NFL-AFL merger in 1966, he led the Chiefs to a 23-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV. The Chiefs have seven years to figure out a new home. Maybe they revise their sales tax proposal. Maybe they move to the Kansas side of Kansas City. They will not – sorry Mayor Bozo – return to Dallas.

*Big buzz in sports this week is the viral trend of women’s college basketball. Y-a-w-n. I suggest a little history lesson for these fawning, prisoner-of-the-moment TV analysts and fans who suddenly think Caitlin Clark is redefining the sport. Google: Sheryl Swoopes . From Brownfield, Texas, Swoopes remains the closest female facsimile of Michael Jordan. In 1993 she led Texas Tech to the national championship, scoring a still-record 47 points in the title game. She made athletic dribble drives to the basket. She scored on actual jump-shots, with both feet off the ground. Unlike Clark’s bread-and-butter, she didn’t produce a single point from a “step-back 3” because back then the move was known as traveling. Swoopes possessed us to watch because she had moves no other woman showed, before or since. Clark, granted, had shooting range out to 30 feet but … “Will Caitlin Clark be a good pro? Absolutely,” Swoopes said recently. “Will Caitlin Clark come into the WNBA and do what she’s doing right now immediately? Absolutely not. Not gonna happen.” Swoopes, on the other hand, also dominated at the next level. She was the first player signed by the WNBA. She was a three-time MVP. She won three Olympic gold medals. She’s a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Swoopes was Clark – only better – 30 years before the current darling. For those yammering about Clark being the GOAT of college basketball: Stop the cheerleading and mix in a little studying.

*Rid of the fake-tough-guy known as Grant Williams, the Dallas Mavericks are now built to win a couple series in the upcoming NBA Playoffs. Since they jettisoned Williams and acquired P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford at the trade deadline, they are 17-7 and headed for a 50-win season. Get rookie center Dereck Lively II back healthy and the Mavs will be the team no one wants to face in a seven-game series.

*It’s almost as delicious that the Houston Astros are 2-5 that the Texas Rangers are 5-2.

*Bluebonnets look purple. HEB grocery stores are named after Howard Edward Butt. If you insist that life begins at conception then you must also acknowledge that all men are transgender. And also from the department of things-are-weird-but-true, on Monday in Dallas the Moon will be exactly the same size as the Sun. As a space geek, I’m amped for the total solar eclipse. No thank you, clouds . Simple explanation of how a total eclipse is possible: The Sun is 400 times bigger than the Moon, but also 400 times farther from the Earth. Enjoy!

*Cowboys have drafted a player 24th overall four times. No pressure, but Calvin Hill, Robert Jones, Dez Bryant and Tyler Smith is a pretty high bar.

*So the Cowboys will play 2024 with both a “lame duck” at coach (Mike McCarthy) and quarterback (Dak Prescott). But not to worry, they might replace future Hall-of-Fame left tackle Tyron Smith with disappointing career backup Chuma Edoga. Everything’s fine. Nothing to see here.

*Only thing better than White Rock Lake on a perfect Spring afternoon is a 5k around White Rock Lake on a perfect Spring afternoon .

*Speaking of sporty women, my list of the best female athletes in DFW includes: Olympic gymnasts Carly Patterson and Nastia Liukin, basketball star Tamika Catchings, Olympic shot-put champion Michelle Carter and Olympic sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson. Honorable mention to Linda Carter, former high school hoopster who helped husband, Don, launch the Mavericks in Dallas. Dishonorable mention to Laura Miller, the former Dallas mayor who shooed away both the Rangers and Cowboys to Arlington. But the most influential woman in local sports history is hoops legend Nancy Lieberman. When you’re done learning about Swoopes dig into Lieberman, whose worst assist is better than Clark’s best.

*Right place. Horribly wrong time. One minute you’re working out at a swanky health club in Highland Park, next minute you’re riding on the hood of a Porsche SUV .

*Give me “Retirement Rondo,” just so Mavs fans no longer have to endure the fallacy of “Playoff Rondo.”

*I’m a little freaked out by Artificial Intelligence. Mostly because I love the 1999 movie, The Matrix , in which “Morpheus” warns “Neo”: “In the early 21st Century all of mankind marveled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to AI.” Neo: “Artificial Intelligence?” Morpheus: “Yes, a singular consciousness that spawned an entire race of machines. We don’t know who struck first … us or them.” Look, frauds such as Milli Vanilli, augmented breasts and Skip Bayless have been around for a while. But I feel like we’re as naively stumbling around AI in 2024 as we were around the invention of something called the internet in 1994. Elon Musk admits there is a “20 percent” chance of AI destroying mankind, but says it’s nonetheless worth pursuing. What the what?! In recent weeks I saw an interview with a tech geek who says “AI will have more of a profound impact on our society than fire and electricity.” I just fear that, as in The Matrix, we birth our assistants but ultimately become the assistants who become unnecessary. Also, this happened: AI was asked if it could solve world hunger. “Yes.” Cool. How? “Eliminate one billion human beings. There will be plentiful food for everyone.” I rest my case.

*Rangers’ World Series odds are +10,000. A year ago at this time they were +150,000. So they’re … one zero better?

*Our world in a nutshell: Costco sells $1.50 hot dogs, two aisles down from where it is now selling $179 prescriptions for Ozempic.

*While on vacation I missed the 30-year anniversary of the Jerry-Jimmy breakup . Still the most surreal “event” I’ve ever covered. Feels like 300 years ago.

*Last thing on women’s sports: Tennis matches are only best of three sets … softball dimensions are smaller than baseball … there are ladies’ tees on golf courses … Sports are regularly customized for female athletes. Why not shrink the court and lower the goal in basketball? The women’s tournament and the WNBA obviously have skilled players, but none of the action happens above the rim and most of it occurs just inches off the court. Also, if you demand the spotlight you better develop thick skin. LSU coach Kim Mulkey this week whined for an apology about a terse newspaper column that called her players “dirty debutantes.” You think Lou Holtz or Jimmy Johnson did the same when their classic 1988 Notre Dame-Miami football showdown was dubbed “Catholics vs. Convicts”?

*Something you didn’t hear a lot about during last week’s “He is Risen!” Easter hubbub: According to Christianity, Jesus came to Earth about 2,000 years ago to spread the gospel and provide a map to Heaven. But, um, humans have roamed this planet for – by the most conservative estimates – 100,000 years. So the millions of folks unlucky enough to be born, lived and died in the 98,000 years before Jesus’ visit are just eternally – naively – burning in Hell? Doesn’t exactly seem fair.

*The Rangers’ run to last year’s World Series obviously gripped DFW, but … all five games against Diamondbacks last October had a smaller TV audience than this week’s Iowa-LSU women’s basketball game.

*This Weekend? Friday let’s patio. Saturday let’s tennis. Sunday’s let’s drive to visit the parents in JoCo. As always, don’t be a stranger.

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Moscow Metro 2019

Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case). 

Moscow Metro Underground Small-Group Tour - With Reviews & Ratings

Moscow metro underground small-group tour.

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Key Details

• Mobile Voucher Accepted
• Free Cancellation
• Duration: 3 Hrs
• Language: English
• Departure Time : 10:00 AM
• Departure Details : Karl Marks Monument on Revolution Square, metro stop: Square of Revolution
• Return Details : Metro Smolenskaya
• If you cancel at least 4 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
• If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
• Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.

Go beneath the streets on this tour of the spectacular, mind-bending Moscow Metro! Be awed by architecture and spot the Propaganda , then hear soviet stories from a local in the know. Finish it all up above ground, looking up to Stalins skyscrapers, and get the inside scoop on whats gone on behind those walls.

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We begin our Moscow tour beneath the city, exploring the underground palace of the Moscow Metro. From the Square of Revolution station, famous for its huge statues of soviet people (an armed soldier, a farmer with a rooster, a warrior, and more), we’ll move onto some of the most significant stations, where impressive mosaics, columns, and chandeliers will boggle your eyes! Moreover, these stations reveal a big part of soviet reality — the walls depict plenty of Propaganda , with party leaders looking down from images on the walls. Your local guide will share personal stories of his/her family from USSR times, giving you insight into Russia’s complicated past and present. Then we’re coming back up to street level, where we’ll take a break and refuel with some Russian fast food: traditional pancakes, called bliny. And then, stomachs satiated, we are ready to move forward! We’ll take the eco-friendly electric trolleybus, with a route along the Moscow Garden Ring. Used mainly by Russian babushkas(grannies) during the day, the trolleybus hits peak hours in the mornings and evenings, when many locals use it going to and from their days. Our first stop will be the Aviator’s House, one of Stalin’s Seven Sisters, followed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — and you’ll hear the legends of what has gone on inside the walls. Throughout your Moscow tour, you’ll learn curious facts from soviet history while seeing how Russia exists now, 25 years after the USSR.

Local English-speaking guide

Pancake snack and drink

Additional food and drinks

Tickets for public transport

Souvenirs and items of a personal nature

Tips and gratuities for the guide

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Dress standard: Please wear comfortable shoes for walking. For your Urban Adventure you will be in a small group of a maximum of 12 people

Traveler Reviews

This tour exceeded our expectations. Nikolai (Nick), our tour guide, was very knowledgeable, thorough, and has a great personality. He didn't take shortcuts and really covered everything that was on the agenda in great detail. We saw beautiful metro stations and learned the history behind them, including many of the murals and designs.

We did the tour with Anna her knowledge and understanding of the History surrounding the metro brought the tour alive. Well done Anna!

This tour was amazing!

Anna was a great tour guide. She gave us heaps of interesting information, was very friendly, and very kindly showed us how to get to our next tour.

Amazing beauty and history.

An excellent tour helped by an absolutely amazing guide. Anna gave a great insight into the history of the metro helped by additional material she had prepared.

great tour and guide - thanks again

great will do it again, Miriam ke was very good as a guide she has lived here all here life so knew every interesting detail.a good day

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

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Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

Museum of Moscow Metro

• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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