The American Airlines Center (AAC) is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Victory Park neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas. The arena serves as the home of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League and Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. The arena is also used for concerts and other live entertainment. It was opened in 2001 at a cost of $420 million.

By 1998, the Dallas Mavericks, then owned by H. Ross Perot Jr., and the Dallas Stars were indicating their desire for a new arena to replace the aging and undersized Reunion Arena. Dallas taxpayers approved a new hotel tax and rental car tax to pay for a new arena to cover a portion of the funding, with the two benefiting teams, the Mavericks and the Stars, picking up the remaining costs, including cost overruns. The new arena was to be built just north of Woodall Rodgers Freeway near Interstate 35E on the site of an old power plant.

On March 18, 1999, American Airlines (AA) announced that it would be acquiring the naming rights for the arena for $195 million] AA is headquartered in nearby Fort Worth and is based at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. From its opening in 2001 until 2013, the AAC had the then-current AA logo; thereafter the AAC has used the current AA logo.

The first event occurred the next day with an Eagles concert. On the next night, the arena hosted the last show of Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames tour. The first sporting event took place on August 19, 2001, with the Dallas Sidekicks of the World Indoor Soccer League taking on the San Diego Sockers.

The AAC includes a practice court for the Mavericks, who used it for regular practices until 2017 when a separate facility was built in the Dallas Design District near the arena.

The Mavericks' lease on the AAC runs through to 2031, and once it runs out owner Mark Cuban has considered a new arena to replace the AAC.

On a daily basis, the turf is kept outside the facility. During matches, it gets to the stadium on rails thanks to 76 independent electric motors. A huge tray with a football field weighs as much as 9,500 tons, and it takes 90 minutes to change the position of the pitch.

The venue also has a synthetic pitch, placed inside the stadium. The artificial pitch is used by the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) team, while the grass pitch is used by the Raiders. UNLV has 6 games contracted during the season at the new facility.

Allegiant Stadium logo adorns the exterior of the building. On its eastern side is one of the largest outdoor screens ever installed in the stadium. Its height is 24.3 metres and its length is over 105 metres. Its total area is as much as 2,564 square metres. The screen is made of a multimedia mesh, which means that fans inside the stadium will be able to look outside the venue during its operation.

The multimedia eastern facade has the function of broadcasting the image towards the highway and the casino lane. Its area is as much as 12,500 square metres covered with a grid with LED lights. The stadium also has three large screens above the stands.

To the north of Allegiant Stadium there are huge movable walls (the great gate), the total area of which is approx. 2,600 square metres. Once opened, fans inside the stadium gain access to a view of casinos and hotels in the nearby city centre. The gate is over 24 metres high and almost 66 metres wide.

As the gates open, passersby are exposed to the enormous Davis Memorial Torch on the north side of the facility. It was named after Al Davis, the first owner of the Raiders. This is not a real torch, but a simulator 26 metres high, which is supposed to give lighting effects during games. It was made thanks to 3D printing technology.

The spectacular illumination of the facility is associated by many with the "Death Star" from the film "Star Wars" and this is also the nickname of the stadium. As for VIP seats, the facility has 128 private lounges of various sizes. So many upscale seats are designed to make the venue more attractive for the Super Bowl.

Matches at Allegiant Stadium are played by the American football team Las Vegas Raiders, which in 2020 moved to Nevada from Oakland. The NFL team has signed a deal with the city of Las Vegas to play in that city for the next 30 years. Due to the outbreak of the pandemic and the inability to play with spectators in 2020, an annex to the contract was drawn up, extending it for another year.

The first fixture at the new stadium took place on September 21, 2020. Las Vegas Raiders defeated New Orleans Saints 34-24 in the NFL. The match was played without the audience. In addition to the Raiders games, the facility will host UNLV Rebels - an American university football team. Additionally, boxing and UFC galas are planned, as well as wrestling competitions. From non-sport events, music concerts and corporate shows will be organized.