Stadium Reviews

ACU athletics competes at the NCAA Division I level, with its baseball team competing in the Western Athletic Conference. The baseball program, formed in 1955, competed at the NAIA and NCAA Division II levels until being disbanded in 1978. Thanks to fundraising efforts by MLB Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, however, the baseball program was reinstated in 1991.

Fresh off an appearance in the 2025-26 NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs announced on June 22nd that they will be returning a lost tradition to their sidelines in time for next season. The San Antonio Silver Dancers, the club’s dance team, were established in 1991, but has been on hiatus for the past eight seasons.

With Major League Baseball taking a firmer hand over the minor leagues and teams’ stadiums, the Wolff’s days are sadly numbered. A new ballpark is in the planning stages in downtown San Antonio, and momentum in the community has everyone hopeful that it will get done in the not too distant future.

The Charles Schwab Challenge is played at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Although 2019 was Charles Schwab’s first year being the sponsor in Fort Worth, Colonial Country Club first hosted the US Open in 1941.

As an anchor to Amarillo’s downtown scene, Hodgetown is a beautiful setting for its passionate fans.

In 2018 the Byron Nelson tournament celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The links course in Southeast Dallas wasn’t a good match for the players or the fans, so three years later the tournament moved to its current location at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas.

On Monday, June 1, the Dallas Mavericks announced they may have found the next location for their new home. CBS News reported the team is pursuing the purchase of the former site of the Valley View Mall in north Dallas for their new arena and entertainment hub.

Globe Life Field is home to Major League Baseball’s American League Texas Rangers – the Rangers organization began in 1972 when the Washington Senators relocated to Arlington, Texas. Globe Life Field is a retractable roof stadium that opened in 2020 with a seating capacity of just over 40,000.

Just in time for the impending 2026-27 season, the Houston Texans will play their home games at a place with a very familiar name. The Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation recently approved changing the name back to Reliant Stadium, and the area around the venue back to Reliant Park.

The Texas Christian University baseball team is a member of the Big 12 Conference. The baseball team plays their home games at Charlie and Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium at Williams-Reilly Field located on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Lupton Stadium is named for Charlie and Marie Lupton in recognition of a $2 million gift from the Brown-Lupton Foundation, of which Charlie was a founder back in 1944.

On April 8, the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority approved a $180 million renovation to Toyota Center. Located in downtown Space City, Toyota Center is home to the NBA’s Houston Rockets, and will be the home of the returning Houston Comets of the WNBA in time for the 2027-28 season.

Toyota Center is the best arena of the three NBA squads in Texas. It still looks brand new, it has a ton of things outside of the game for fans to take in, the food options are great, and the location really can’t be beat.

Everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes the crowds. During fan walks on the grid for races at Circuit of the Americas, it is wall-to-wall fans hobnobbing with drivers, teams, and the cars they pilot on track.

In 2025, UTSA made their deepest postseason run ever by reaching the Super Regionals of the College World Series.

The original domed structure at Moody Coliseum created a multi-purpose seating bowl that surrounds the floor in a circular style. This ensures that all the padded, folding seats face the court, creating quality sightlines for all fans.

Moody Coliseum has all the modern accessories that fans enjoy, but what really makes Moody Coliseum special is the intimate feel of its basketball gymnasium.

I’ve been coming to see the Spurs at Frost Bank Center since day one. What they have always done and still do well is make the games feel like big events. This is not always easy to do during the long NBA season.

The Texas Stars have built a die-hard fan base in and around Austin, and regularly see some of the largest crowds in the AHL. H-E-B Center has proven to be the perfect venue for them, as well.

The Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl delivers on every level since its original game in 2001; the bowl is solely a tribute to the armed forces.

The National Alliance of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) was founded in 1940, in part as an alternative to the NCAA and focusing on smaller schools (many of which are private and/or faith-based institutions). Since 1956, the NAIA has held playoffs and a National Championship game for their participating football schools.