Dallas announces Dallas Wings practice facility, partnership with new women’s soccer team at Joey Jorgoses Park

Mayor Eric Johnson and city and team officials on Tuesday announced a partnership to locate a Dallas Wings practice facility at Joey Jorgoses Park in West Oak Cliff, part of a plan city leaders said will create jobs, youth programming and renewed park use.

"The Dallas Wings are more than a team," Mayor Eric Johnson said, adding the location was chosen after a "data driven analysis" of zoning, topography, environmental records and highway access. He said the project is intended to "invest in parts of Dallas that can especially benefit from the opportunities that something like this project is going to bring."

Greg Bibb, CEO and managing partner of the Dallas Wings, said the move builds on an earlier council action: "unanimous approval of our 15 year use and incentive agreement on 04/24/2024," which he said underpins the partnership and the Wings' commitment to manage day-to-day operations of the facility. Bibb described the initiative as part of a downtown-to-West Dallas strategy that pairs games downtown with community presence on the west side.

Jim Neal, founder and CEO of FC Dallas/Trinity Dallas, said the nearly 200-acre site offers "unmatched potential" to become a "world class soccer destination" for tournaments and local youth programming and voiced support for the teams' shared presence at the park.

City officials and partners outlined planned features and timing. Greg Bibb said the Wings' training home, scheduled to open in April 2026, will include two practice courts, professional locker and wellness spaces, strength and conditioning areas, media and office facilities, family/mothers' rooms and community space. Omar Narvelle, a council member who also identified himself as a longtime Wings supporter, said the plan includes construction of eight soccer fields and stated, "A soccer field's about $2,000,000."

Speakers emphasized local hiring and community access: Zarin Gracie, chair of sports retention and recruitment, said the facility will anchor year-round front-office operations and bring athletes, coaches and trainers into the neighborhood on a daily basis. Council member Chad West (District 1) said the project revitalizes a park "that hasn't been touched in 25 years" and thanked the park board and council for near-unanimous approvals.

Officials said the land is city-owned and that the Wings' operating commitment is intended to reduce city expenses while delivering community programs, but did not provide a full funding breakdown at the event. The transcript of the event records multiple spellings of the park and of a donor family; organizers referred to a family donation that helped make the project possible.

The most recent formal step cited by speakers is the 15-year use-and-incentive agreement approved by council on April 24, 2024; speakers did not specify bid timelines, construction contractors, final cost estimates for the full project, or the mix of public and private funding that will pay for construction. Officials said practical operations and community programming are expected once the facility opens in April 2026.

The mayor then led attendees to a photo opportunity; event organizers announced lunch and an executive session scheduled to follow, and the public portion of the event concluded.