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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 Event Services, Economic Development, 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
17 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 five 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 Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau markets and develops
the city as a premier sports, business and leisure entertainment destination to achieve new tourism spending benefits for the
visitor industry, community and its residents. The ACVB also strives to expand the City’s profile through the recruitment,
promotion and marketing of special events such as the Annual Art on the Greene, 2016 WWE Wrestlemania, 2018 NFL Draft,
2019 & 2020 PBR Global Cub, Freight Fest & Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Over Texas, and many more. 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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