Dallas-Plano marks the company's first U.S.-based corporate-operated location, after two decades of U.S. franchise growth
DALLAS, Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sportball, a leader in developmentally appropriate youth sports programming, is accelerating its U.S. expansion with two new openings: its first corporate-operated U.S. location in Dallas-Plano this fall and a new franchise location in Frisco-McKinney, expected to open in early 2027.
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