Editing Frisco, Texas (section)

==Sports==
Frisco is home to several sporting venues, many major sports teams headquarters, and an NCAA Division I conference headquarters. In April 2011, ''Men's Journal'' named Frisco the Best Place to Raise an Athlete.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/frisco/2011/03/08/mens-journal-names-frisco-the|title=Men's Journal names Frisco the Best Place to Raise an Athlete|date=Mar 8, 2011|website=Dallas News|access-date=Jul 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805132416/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/frisco/2011/03/08/mens-journal-names-frisco-the|archive-date=August 5, 2019|url-status=dead|author-first1=Valerie|author-last1=Wigglesworth}}</ref>

===Venues===
[[File:Ford Center at the Star.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ford Center at the Star]], the Dallas Cowboys' practice facility which has also been home to Frisco ISD football games, the [[Texas Revolution (indoor football)|Texas Revolution]], and the [[Dallas Rattlers]]]]
The [[Ford Center at the Star]] is a 12,000-seat indoor stadium. The 91-acre [[Dallas Cowboys]] project "The Star" includes the team's headquarters and training facilities, including the Ford Center, where the Cowboys practice and [[Frisco ISD]] high school teams practice and play on a rotating basis. It is on Gaylord Parkway, one block west of the Dallas North Tollway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/collin-county/headlines/20141111-dallas-cowboys-complex-gets-a-name-the-star-in-frisco.ece|title=Dallas Cowboys complex gets a name: The Star in Frisco|date=November 11, 2014|access-date=April 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413180438/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/collin-county/headlines/20141111-dallas-cowboys-complex-gets-a-name-the-star-in-frisco.ece|archive-date=April 13, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Multiple professional teams have made their home at the Ford Center, including the [[Texas Revolution (indoor football)|Texas Revolution]] of [[Champions Indoor Football]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/sports/2018/12/18/texas-revolution-to-play-home-games-at-the-ford-center-at-the-star/|title=Indoor football's Texas Revolution to play home games at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco|first=Nicole|last=Luna|date=Dec 19, 2018|website=Community Impact Newspaper|access-date=Jul 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405000732/https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/sports/2018/12/18/texas-revolution-to-play-home-games-at-the-ford-center-at-the-star/|archive-date=April 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://texasrevs.com/6264-2/ |title=May 9 Texas Revolution announcement |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=May 9, 2019 |website=TexasRevs.com }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the [[Dallas Rattlers]] of [[Major League Lacrosse]].

[[Riders Field]], a 10,316-seat [[baseball stadium]], hosted its first baseball game on April 3, 2003. BaseballParks.com named it the best new ballpark that year,<ref name="parkscom">{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballparks.com/NewPkofYr2003.asp |title=Frisco's Dr Pepper/Seven Up Ballpark |work=BaseballParks.com |access-date=July 13, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512123124/http://www.baseballparks.com/NewPkofYr2003.asp |archive-date=May 12, 2006 }}</ref> and it received the 2003 ''Texas Construction'' award for Best Architectural Design.<ref name="txconst">{{cite web| url=http://texas.construction.com/projects/Bestof2003.pdf| title=Texas Construction's Best of 2003 Awards| access-date=July 14, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718205736/http://texas.construction.com/projects/Bestof2003.pdf| archive-date=July 18, 2011| url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Toyota Stadium (Texas)|Toyota Stadium]], which opened in 2005 as "Pizza Hut Park", is a 20,500-seat stadium. It is primarily used as a soccer stadium by [[FC Dallas]], but also hosts concerts and high school and college football games, including the [[NCAA Division I Football Championship|NCAA Division I-AA (FCS) college football championship]] starting in 2010 and the NCAA Division I (FBS) [[Frisco Bowl]] starting in 2017.

The [[Comerica Center]] (formerly Dr Pepper Arena), a combination hockey and basketball venue, is the home of the [[Texas Legends]] of the [[NBA G League]] and the [[Frisco Fighters]] of the [[Indoor Football League]], and a practice facility for the [[Dallas Stars]] of the [[National Hockey League|NHL]].[[File:Frisco Comerica Center - IFL Frisco Fighters vs Duke City Gladiators - 05 June 2021 - 001.jpg|thumb|right|The inaugural home opener of the [[Frisco Fighters]] at the [[Comerica Center]]]]
The Dallas Cowboys of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) moved their corporate headquarters to "The Star" in Frisco in time for the 2016 NFL football season; the complex opened in June 2016. Built-in partnership with [[Frisco ISD]], which contributed $30 million to build the Ford Center at the Star in lieu of a dedicated third football stadium, Frisco ISD has held high school football games at the Ford Center since it opened.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.friscoisd.org/news/district-headlines/2016/08/24/star-opening |title=FISD Prepares for First Football Games at The Ford Center |publisher=Frisco ISD |date=August 24, 2016 |accessdate=September 27, 2021}}</ref>

Multiple professional [[indoor American football|indoor football]] teams have previously been based in Frisco, including the [[Frisco Thunder]] of the [[Intense Football League]] and the [[Texas Revolution (indoor football)|Texas Revolution]] of [[Champions Indoor Football]].

In 2020 a new [[Indoor Football League]] expansion franchise, the [[Frisco Fighters]], debuted with home games to be played at [[Comerica Center]]. After the Fighters' 2020 season was canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the team played its inaugural home opener on June 5, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.friscostyle.com/2021/05/01/355092/finally-ready-for-takeoff |title=Finally Ready for Takeoff |last=Hunt |first=Stephen |publisher=Frisco STYLE |date=May 1, 2021 |accessdate=June 8, 2021}}</ref> In their first year of operation, the Fighters clinched a playoff berth, advancing as far as the IFL semifinal game against the [[2021 Indoor Football League season#Playoffs|eventual 2021 United Bowl champion]] [[Massachusetts Pirates]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/dallas-fort-worth/sports/2021/09/01/jerrod-heard-and-malik-henry-lead-the-frisco-fighters-to-ifl-semifinals |title=Jerrod Heard and Malik Henry lead the Frisco Fighters to IFL semifinals |last=Fuelling |first=Robert |publisher=Spectrum News 1 Texas |date=September 2, 2021 |accessdate=September 21, 2021}}</ref>

The [[Dallas Stars]] [[National Hockey League]] team is headquartered in Frisco, and practices at the [[Comerica Center]]. The [[Texas Tornado]] of the [[North American Hockey League]] had been based in Frisco since the fall of 2003, and shortly afterward the league moved its main offices to Frisco. In the 2013 off-season, the Texas Tornado relocated to North Richland Hills, Texas. The league relocated its offices in 2018.[[File:National Soccer Hall of Fame - Frisco TX - June 2021 - 001.jpg|thumb|[[National Soccer Hall of Fame]]]]
FC Dallas (formerly the Dallas Burn), a [[Major League Soccer]] team, moved its home to Pizza Hut Park (now Toyota Stadium) near the corner of the [[Dallas North Tollway]] and Main Street in August 2005. A major international youth soccer tournament, the [[Dallas Cup]], is hosted in Frisco each year and draws teams from around the world. The [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]] is co-located with Toyota Stadium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/visit/visit.html|title=National Soccer Hall of Fame - Experience {{!}} National Soccer Hall of Fame|website=National Soccer Hall of Fame - Experience {{!}} National Soccer Hall of Fame|language=en|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074416/https://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/visit/visit.html|archive-date=March 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Dr Pepper Ball Park Frisco Tx.JPG|thumb|right|The main entrance of Riders Field]]
The [[Frisco RoughRiders]], the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] [[Minor League Baseball]] affiliate of the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] in the South Division of the [[Texas League]], play in Frisco at [[Riders Field]].<ref name="parkscom"/><ref name="txconst"/>

The [[Texas Legends]], affiliated with the [[Dallas Mavericks]], are members of the [[NBA G League]] and play at [[Comerica Center]].

On November 16, 2017, [[Major League Lacrosse]] announced it would be moving the Rochester Rattlers franchise to The Ford Center at the Star in Frisco for the [[2018 Major League Lacrosse season|2018 season]] as the Dallas Rattlers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/pro/mll/mll-announces-rattlers-relocation-to-dallas|title=MLL Announces Rattlers Relocation to Dallas|website=uslaxmagazine.com|access-date=January 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213090610/https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/pro/mll/mll-announces-rattlers-relocation-to-dallas|archive-date=December 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Rattlers folded after the 2019 season.

The [[Southland Conference]], an [[NCAA]] Division I athletics organization, relocated its headquarters to Frisco in 2006. On February 26, 2010, Pizza Hut Park (now Toyota Stadium) was announced as the host of the [[Football Championship Subdivision]] (formerly NCAA Division I-AA) championship game, formerly held in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]], and [[Huntington, West Virginia]]. The first matchup, hosted by the Southland Conference, was played January 7, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=4949141 |title=Division I adopts 20-team bracket, moves FCS title game to Frisco, Texas |author=Caplan, Jeff |date=February 26, 2010 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=February 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228062137/http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=4949141 |archive-date=February 28, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Others===
Frisco also has an Olympic-sized, state-of-the-art [[natatorium]]. The Frisco Baseball and Softball Association was established in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbsa.org/home|title=Frisco Baseball & Softball Association|website=www.fbsa.org|accessdate=December 31, 2023}}</ref> The Frisco Football League is an organized recreational league that allows children to play football before entering football in the school district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.friscofootballleague.com/|title=Home|website=www.friscofootballleague.com|accessdate=December 31, 2023}}</ref> The Flagfootball4fun Flag Football League (FF4FUN) is an organized recreational youth flag football league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gridironfb.com/|title=Gridiron Football|website=Gridiron Football|accessdate=December 31, 2023}}</ref> The sports entertainment group [[Dude Perfect]] is based in Frisco.