Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban buys an entire — virtually empty — Texas town

“Did it to help out a friend. No plans yet!” he said about the community of Mustang.

FILE - Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban arrives at the NBA Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., in this Monday, June 24, 2019, file photo. The NBA said Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, the national anthem will be played in arenas in keeping with longstanding league policy after Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban revealed he had decided not to play it before his team's home games this season. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) (Richard Shotwell, Invision)

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban purchased an entire, tiny — and virtually empty — Texas town.

An abandoned strip club and vacant mobile home park are about all that’s still standing in the 76.8-acre community of Mustang, which is about 65 miles south of American Airlines Center, home of Cuban’s NBA franchise.

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“Did it to help out a friend. No plans yet!” Cuban said in an email to NBC News on Friday.

Read more on NBC News here.


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