text: Первое спортивное мероприятие состоялось 19 августа 2001 года, когда команда «Даллас Сайдкикс» (World Indoor Soccer League) принимала «Сан-Диего Сокерз». № 3 Top Venue in US, Billboard, 2009 № 9 Top Venue World Wide, Billboard, 2009 № 2 Year End US Ticket Sales, Poll Star, 2009 № 9 Year End World Wide Ticket Sales, Poll Star, 2009 № 4 Year End US Ticket Sales, Poll Star, 2008 № 12 Year End World Wide Tickets Sales, Poll Star, 2008 № 4 America’s Most Lucrative Arenas, Forbe Magazine, 2008 № 4 Year End US Ticket Sales, Poll Star, 2007 № 9 Year End World Wide TIcket Sales, Pollstar, 2007 American Builders and Contractors North Texas Excellence in Construction Award of Merit, 2007 — American Airlines Center Platinum Club Renovation Readers Pick, Best Sports Venue, 2007 — Dallas Observer Concert Venue of the Year, 2006 — Pollstar Magazine Slam Dunk Award, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 — Harlem Globetrotters Top Dog Venue of the Year, 2003 — Tour Guide Magazine «Voice of the Fan» Program, 2002 & 2003 — Top ranking facility in most customer services and design related categories Best Sports Venue, 2002 & 2003 — Dallas Observer Facility of Merit, 2002 — Athletic Business QUOIN Award, 2002 — Associated General Contractors of America/Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter Engineering Excellence Award, 2002 — American Council of Engineering Companies Real Estate Deals Award, 2002 — Dallas Business Journal Project of the Year Award, 2002 — Masonry Construction Record for Longest Ribbon and Largest Ribbbon Cutting, 2001 — Книга рекордов Гиннесса Best New Major Concert Venue for 2001 — Pollstar Magazine Phoenix Award, 2001 — United States EPA Golden Trowel Award of Excellence, 2001 — United Masonry Contractors Association International Excellence in Masonry Award, 2001 — Masonry Contractors Association of America Mega Project Over $100 Million, 2001 — Associated Builders and Contractors Best of 2001 Judges Award, 2001 — F.W. Dodge Outstanding Project Team of the Year, 2001 — American Subcontractor Association Outstanding Project Over $25 Million, 2001 — American Subcontractor Association Minority Business Development Agency Outstanding Corporate Award for its M/WBE achievements, 2000 & 2001 City of Dallas Senior Affairs Commission and Friends of Senior Affairs has recognized Center Operating Co. with the 2003 Employer of the Year award, which was presented at MayFair 2003, the City’s Fourteenth Annual event for Older Americans Month Арена принимала 55-й Матч всех звезд НХЛ 24 января 2007 года.