NexCourt's World Cup Futsal Courts & 50 Mavericks Legacy

The latest episode of The Building Texas Show, How NexCourt Built 50 Dallas Mavericks Courts & World Cup Futsal Pitches, hosted by Justin McKenzie, brings listeners inside a 35-year North Texas construction story now converging with the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Published July 9, 2026, the conversation features Mark Kundysek, CEO and founder of NexCourt, whose company was awarded the contract to build six mini-pitch futsal courts across North Texas for the World Cup planning committee. With ribbon cuttings underway and a legacy footprint that already spans nearly 50 Dallas Mavericks Foundation courts, the timing makes NexCourt one of the tournament's most visible community-legacy builders.

Across the episode, Kundysek walks McKenzie through the projects and partnerships that defined NexCourt's rise from a $250 dealer kit in 1988-89 to a full sport construction operation. Topic threads include the six 5,000-square-foot mini-pitch futsal courts commissioned by the North Texas World Cup Committee, referred by FC Dallas after six prior builds; long-running foundation work with the Dallas Mavericks (25 years), Nancy Lieberman's Dream Courts (17 years), Dallas Stars Foundation, Make-A-Wish, and the Dak Prescott Foundation; and the 2021 pickleball boom, including recent commercial builds like City Pickle in North Fort Worth (16 courts) and a 12-court facility in Celina.

Kundysek's voice throughout the episode is that of a builder who watched the metroplex grow up around him. Recalling the early days of expansion into Collin and Tarrant counties, he tells McKenzie: "I can remember building courts in Southlake when nothing was there. I can remember building courts in Collin County when nothing was there. 121 through Frisco and The Colony, and it was just a two-lane country road." He also describes futsal for listeners unfamiliar with the format, explaining that the ball has almost no air, that everything is played below the waist, and that the surface trains passing, foot skills, teamwork, and character in ways traditional outdoor soccer does not.

The deeper context is the community-legacy model NexCourt has refined over two and a half decades. Kundysek explains that most renovation sites, whether for the Mavericks, Dallas Stars, FC Dallas, or the World Cup committee, are aging tennis or basketball courts no longer in active use. The first ribbon cutting for the World Cup pitches took place at the Esperanza Community Center in North Dallas on June 20, followed by George Stevens Park in downtown Arlington on June 26. Recent builds for Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham in Arlington and Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein in East Oklahoma City underscore the referral-driven pipeline. FC Dallas Foundation is currently working with NexCourt on another mini-pitch in Mansfield, tied to the city's new soccer stadium.