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Dallas Leaders See Arena Contract As Impediment to Football Stadium Deal.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2004

By Dave Levinthal, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 17--American Airlines Center is a "major obstacle" to building a Dallas Cowboys stadium in Fair Park, Mayor Laura Miller and several City Council members said Wednesday.

"We should not have structured the deal like we did," the mayor said, explaining that a noncompete clause in the arena's contract with the city is complicating negotiations with the Cowboys.

"It's a big problem," she said. "American Airlines Center keeps saying, 'You can't do this; you can't do that.' Our attorneys are going to continue to work on it."

The city's 1998 contract with American Airlines Center says the city cannot participate in the building of a stadium that...

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