Reunion Arena

Reunion Arena was an indoor arena, in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. It held 18,187 for basketball and 17,001 for ice hockey. It was demolished in November 2009 and the site was cleared by the end of the year. Reunion Arena was completed in 1980 at a cost of $27 million. It was named for the early mid-19th century commune, La Reunion. In late 2005, the arena and the Dallas Convention Center were used as the primary... More

Reunion Arena was an indoor arena, in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. It held 18,187 for basketball and 17,001 for ice hockey. It was demolished in November 2009 and the site was cleared by the end of the year. Reunion Arena was completed in 1980 at a cost of $27 million. It was named for the early mid-19th century commune, La Reunion. In late 2005, the arena and the Dallas Convention Center were used as the primary Dallas shelters for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. In 1994, U.S. President Bill Clinton visited the arena to watch his beloved University of Arkansas basketball team play in the NCAA Tournament. Reunion Arena also hosted the WCT Tennis Tournament in the 1980s, including Virginia Slims Invitational Tournament. Due to scheduling conflicts in 1984, the WCT Tennis Tournament forced the Dallas Mavericks to play Game 5 of their first ever playoff series at Moody Coliseum, against the Seattle SuperSonics. While Southern Methodist University competed...

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