Plano City Council approve $700 million in taxpayer funds to build new Dallas Stars arena

City leaders in Plano took the first steps towards bringing the Dallas Stars out of downtown and into the North Texas suburb.

Public funds for new Stars arena What we know: Plano City Council approved contributing $700 million to help fund the roughly $1 billion Dallas Stars arena project at the Shops at Willow Bend Mall site.

The council unanimously approved a tax increment reinvestment zone near the mall, with tax dollars collected near Willow Bend and the Dallas North Tollway used to back bonds.