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Choctaw Stadium in Arlington adds coworking space with ballpark views

Gee, how can you concentrate on your work with views like this.

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There's a surprising new enterprise coming to the Arlington Entertainment District: a coworking space.

According to a release, Spark Coworking will open an office space at the southeast corner of Choctaw Stadium, with a debut forecast for late 2022.

Spark Arlington is the latest coming soon, along with the forthcoming Loews Arlington Hotel & Convention Center, National Medal of Honor Museum, and One Rangers Way, a residential building breaking ground in fall 2022.

Texas Rangers Managing partner and majority owner Ray Davis says Spark Arlington will add an important component to the Arlington Entertainment District: collaborative business enterprise.

"The addition of Spark Arlington also continues our pledge to make Choctaw Stadium a vital and fully productive facility in the District," Davis says. "I am pleased to join with our partners from the City of Arlington and The Cordish Companies in making this announcement today."

The coworking space will support Arlington's growing entrepreneurial community, and give members proximity to the Entertainment District including Globe Life Field, AT&T Stadium, Texas Live!, and Live! by Loews; and the forthcoming Loews Arlington Hotel & Convention Center, National Medal of Honor Museum and One Rangers Way residences.

Spark Coworking debuted in Baltimore in 2016, and Spark has since opened locations in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri. Arlington will be the fourth. It's part of Cordish Companies, the developer involved in commercial real estate, entertainment districts, sports-anchored developments, gaming, hotels — and now coworking spaces.

"The Cordish Companies is incredibly proud to continue our partnership with the Texas Rangers and City of Arlington to bring Spark Coworking to Arlington," says Cordish Companies COO Zed Smith. "We are constantly seeking innovative ways to utilize and maximize new and existing amenities in our development projects in the Entertainment District, and the addition of Spark to Choctaw Stadium is the latest example of these efforts."

Spark Arlington will comprise a 30,000-square-foot, two-level space with dedicated and nondedicated workstations, 61 private offices, 17 suites, and hospitality-focused amenities. It's surely the only workspace that'll come with a view of Globe Life Field.

There's a very long list of amenities that include:

24/7 secured swipe card access and building concierge security
Workspace and balconies with views of Globe Life Field and Choctaw Stadium's repurposed infield
Garage parking
Furnished private workspaces and suites
Access to community kitchen, member café, and lounge spaces
On-site meeting rooms
High-speed internet
Mailbox address and concierge mail services
Unlimited access to print, scan, copy center and Shred-It boxes
Nitro Cold Brew Coffee and tea bar
Onsite podcast studio
Mother's room and wellness space
Indoor bike storage
Exclusive member events

"Our vision for Spark Coworking is to provide the local business and entrepreneurial community with an affordable, appealing and flexible way to locate and grow and manage their businesses," said Spark director of community & partnerships Shervonne Cherry. "We are excited to open Spark Arlington in such a unique and exciting venue as Choctaw Stadium, and we are eager welcome new members into this space later this year."

Choctaw Stadium is the former Globe Life Park in Arlington, which was home to the Texas Rangers, from 1994 when it was built, to 2019. It hosted the 2010 and 2011 World Series, the 1995 MLB All-Star Game, and concerts such as Billy Joel and Paul McCartney.

It was reconfigured in 2019 into a multi-purpose venue and has since hosted college and Texas high school football games plus entertainment events. Spark Arlington is the third entity to locate in the repurposed 200,000 square feet of commercial and retail space within Choctaw Stadium. In late 2020, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation relocated its world headquarters there, and the Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau is also based in the stadium.

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Jobs report

Texas ranks among 10 best states to find a job, says new report

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You have a better chance of landing a job in Texas than in most other states.

If you’re hunting for a job in Texas amid a tough employment market, you stand a better chance of landing it here than you might in other states.

A new ranking by personal finance website WalletHub of the best states for jobs puts Texas at No. 7. The Lone Star State lands at No. 2 in the economic environment category and No. 18 in the job market category.

Massachusetts tops the list, and West Virginia appears at the bottom.

To determine the most attractive states for employment, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 34 key indicators of economic health and job market strength. Ranking factors included employment growth, median annual income, and average commute time.

“Living in one of the best states for jobs can provide stable conditions for the long term, helping you ride out the fluctuations that the economy will experience in the future,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo says.

In September, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas led the U.S. in job creation with the addition of 195,600 jobs over the past 12 months.

While Abbott proclaimed Texas is “America’s jobs leader,” the state’s level of job creation has recently slowed. In June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas noted that the state’s year-to-date job growth rate had dipped to 1.8 percent, and that even slower job growth was expected in the second half of this year.

The August unemployment rate in Texas stood at 4.1 percent, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Throughout 2025, the monthly rate in Texas has been either four percent or 4.1 percent.

By comparison, the U.S. unemployment rate in August was 4.3 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2025, the monthly rate for the U.S. has ranged from 4 percent to 4.3 percent.

Here’s a rundown of the August unemployment rates in Texas’ four biggest metro areas:

Austin — 3.9 percent
Dallas-Fort Worth — 4.4 percent
San Antonio — 4.4 percent
Houston — 5 percent

Unemployment rates have remained steady this year despite layoffs and hiring freezes driven by economic uncertainty. However, the number of U.S. workers who’ve been without a job for at least 27 weeks has risen by 385,000 this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in August. That month, long-term unemployed workers accounted for about one-fourth of all unemployed workers.

An August survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed a record-low 44.9 percent of Americans were confident about finding a job if they lost their current one.

This story originally was published on our sister site, InnovationMap.

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