Dallas

Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention

Agenda Items (10)

Call to Order

This Council Committee meeting will be held by video conference and in the Council Chambers, 6th Floor at City Hall. The Public may attend the meeting virtually; however, City Hall is available for those wishing to attend the meeting in person. The meeting will be broadcast live on Spectrum Cable Channel 16 and online at bit.ly/cityofdallastv. The public may also listen to the meeting as an attendee at the following video conference link:

MINUTES

Approval of the September 23, 2025, minutes of the Special Called Meeting of the Council Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention

25-3310A

Summary

The City Council Ad Hoc Committee on Professional Sports Recruitment and Retention unanimously approved the minutes from its May 12, 2025, Special Called Meeting. The committee also received briefings on a supplemental agreement with McKissack & McKissack, Inc. for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Master Plan and the Dallas Wings secondary facility at 1200 N. Cockrell Hill Road, and reviewed schematic drawings for the Dallas Wings secondary facility. (Note: The agenda item approved minutes from May 12, 2025, not September 23, 2025, as implied by the request title.)

Citizen Impact

This is an administrative approval of past meeting records with no direct public impact from the approval itself. However, the committee's work on professional sports recruitment and convention center development could lead to future economic development and public facility changes affecting residents.

Confidence

high

BRIEFING ITEMS AND ACTION ITEMS

Overview of Annual BMW Dallas Marathon [Jason Schuchard, President, BMW Dallas Marathon]

25-3269A

Summary

City Council receives an overview of the BMW Dallas Marathon from President Jason Schuchard, detailing the 2025 event (December 12-14). The presentation highlights the marathon's history as Dallas' largest and longest-running race, its charitable contributions to Scottish Rite for Children, and its significant economic impact on the city, estimated at $7.2 million in 2024, attracting 27,000 participants and 50,000+ expo attendees.

Citizen Impact

The annual marathon generates significant economic activity for local businesses and provides a major recreational event for residents, though it will cause temporary traffic disruptions on race days.

Confidence

high

Overview of Dallas Trinity FC [Charlie Neil, President, Dallas Trinity FC]

25-3271A

Summary

City Council receives an overview of Dallas Trinity FC (DTFC), a women's professional soccer team, presented by President Charlie Neil. The presentation highlights the team's successful inaugural season, community engagement, and its existing agreement for Cotton Bowl use where the City of Dallas provides an $18,500 per game subsidy to DTFC. DTFC also presented a conceptual masterplan for a future training facility at Joey Georgusis Park.

Citizen Impact

Residents benefit from professional women's soccer and community engagement, supported by a city subsidy of $18,500 per game for Cotton Bowl use, and may see future development at Joey Georgusis Park.

Confidence

high

EXECUTIVE SESSION

(1) Discuss or deliberate commercial or financial information that the city has received from a business prospect (“Project X”) that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the City of Dallas and with which the City is conducting economic development negotiations; (2) deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive in connection with Project X [Tex. Gov’t Code, Sec. 551.087]

ADJOURNMENT