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Business Plan

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT
The City of Arlington’s Economic Development and Capital Investment City Service Team consists of the following departments:
Aviation, Convention Center, Economic Development, Information Technology, Planning & Development Services,
Public Works and Transportation, and the Water Utilities. The mission of the Economic Development and Capital
Investment City Service Team is to strengthen Arlington’s competitive future by creating a community environment and customer
service spirit that attracts new residents, consumer spending, quality investment, and job creation led by the private sector, and
to ensure that all development and construction activities for capital programs in the city meet the current and future needs of
the community.

The Aviation Department operates Arlington Municipal Airport,
a full-service general aviation airport that is owned by the City of
Arlington. Designated as a Reliever Airport, it provides an alternative
to DFW Airport and Love Field, for flight training, corporate, cargo,
charter and private aviation. Approximately 230 based aircraft and
22 businesses are based at the Airport, including Bell’s Flight Test
Research Center, Van Bortel Aircraft, Inc., Harrison Aviation, and
Airline Transport Professionals (ATP). The Airport provides fifty-six
T-hangars, one commercial hangar, and 52 tie-downs for lease, in
addition to those offered by FMF and Airport Properties, Inc. The
terminal building (LEED Gold certified) houses Airport Operations and seven businesses. Runway 16/34 is 6,080 ft. long by
100 ft. wide, with east and west parallel taxiways. Air Traffic Control services are provided through the FAA’s Federal Contract
Tower program.

The Esports Stadium Arlington + Expo Center
(ESA+EC) is organized into divisions consisting of
Administration, Event Services, and Facility Operations and
offers catering and audio/visual services to accommodate
small and large groups for expositions, public events, trade
shows, meetings, special events, and esports competitions.

The Arlington Expo Center operates a 50,000 square-foot
expo hall. The facility also is home to Esports Stadium
Arlington – a 30,000 square-foot esports competition
showroom, a state-of-the art broadcast and live-event
production suite, as well as 8,500 square-feet of esports
training, office, and team hospitality spaces. Additionally, the
venue boasts the Gamer Gallery – an 8,000 square-foot
esports retail gaming LAN center, open to the public daily.

The department administers the City’s contracts with the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) and Esports Venues,
LLC. and works together with these partners to help increase tourism and promote attractions and events in the Entertainment
District and the City. Esports Venues, LLC operates and markets Esports Stadium Arlington as the premier facility in the United
States for esports events. The company also organizes and produces esports events in the venue. The ACVB markets Arlington
as a premier destination for business travel, entertainment, and tourism. The ACVB also strives to expand the City’s profile
through the promotion and marketing of special events such as Art on the Greene, Texas Scottish Festival, International Folk
Art Festival, and Concours d ’Elegance of Texas. Both partners’ sales efforts will focus on increasing the number of bookings
that utilize the ESA+EC, continuing to grow hotel room demand, increasing hotel occupancy throughout the city, and furthering
the development of the amateur sports and esports markets.

The ESA+EC is located in Arlington’s Entertainment District, and is close to Globe Life Park (Rangers), Texas Live!, AT&T
Stadium (Cowboys), Six Flags and Hurricane Harbor, and is easily accessible from I-30.

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