⚽ Frisco Just Set a Guinness World Record (Seriously)

Starting June 11, Simpson Plaza transforms into a free outdoor soccer festival called Soccer Celebration and it runs all the way through July 19.

Here's what you're getting:

This is a partnership between FC Dallas and SBG Hospitality, and it's not a one-night watch party. It's a 34-day fan destination timed to the biggest stretch on the global soccer calendar.

As someone who drives past Toyota Stadium on my commute and has watched FC Dallas slowly build something real here, this feels earned. Frisco has been calling itself Sports City USA for years. Now the actual World Cup is in our backyard, Sweden's national team is training here, and we've got a month-long festival for the whole city to enjoy.

Details at fcdallas.com/soccer-celebration.

At the June 2 City Council meeting, Mayor Jeff Cheney announced that the general public comment section, where residents could speak on topics not tied to a specific agenda item, has been removed from council meetings indefinitely.

Public comment on specific agenda items remains. Residents can still contact council members by email, phone, or the MyFrisco app. But the open-floor moment for general community concerns? Gone for now.

Cheney's reasoning was pointed: "It's moved beyond a First Amendment issue and has become a safety issue." Frisco's council meetings have gotten increasingly chaotic in recent months, drawing outside agitators and national attention -- including a Jan. 6 participant who showed up to speak against rezoning applications for two religious buildings and made threatening comments before being removed.

The city isn't required under Texas law to offer general public comment, only to allow input on posted agenda items. So this is legally above board.

What happens next: A new mayor gets elected June 13. After that, the incoming council decides whether and how public comment comes back.

In the past two years, I've watched Frisco go from "impressively well-run suburb" to "suburb with a national spotlight on its council chambers." That's a strange evolution. Whatever your take on the decision, the June 13 election matters more than usual right now.

Cloudbound opened at Preston Ridge this week and had over 1,000 visitors on opening day. It's more than 10,000 square feet of indoor play space built specifically for young kids, and it includes:

That last part. The parent lounge. Someone finally understood the assignment.

Emily and I have two toddler girls and a baby boy, which means weekend entertainment options are basically "something with a toddler zone or bust." This checks every box. The sensory areas alone will buy us 45 minutes easy.

It's now open at Preston Ridge in Frisco. Hours and admission details are at cloudbound.com.

Aw Shucks is now open at 4710 Preston Road in Frisco. It's the fourth location from a Dallas institution that's been around since 1983 -- fresh Gulf seafood, raw oysters sourced three times a week, crab legs, fried catfish. The vibe is deliberately casual. The owners describe it as a seafood shack you can just relax in. Emily and I are vegetarians, so the fried catfish isn't calling my name, but the hushpuppies absolutely are. Worth knowing about for anyone whose family visits and wants something different than another burger spot.

True Texas Burgers opened May 28 at 5001 Panther Creek Parkway, Ste. 400 -- replacing FieldsFresh subs in the same location. Burgers, melts, hot dogs. The owners ran FieldsFresh and said it "just wasn't the right fit for the market." Respect the pivot. truetexasburgers.com if you want to check the menu.

There's a $15 million steel-frame mansion going up in Hills of Kingswood right now. Indoor basketball court. Three kitchens. Garage for eight cars. A whole wellness floor. A second one is already planned next door for $17.7 million.

Most of us are not in that market. But the same dynamic applies at every price point: Frisco is a buyer's market right now, and who you hire to sell your home matters more than it did two years ago.

The numbers: median sale price around $662K, down ~4.6% year-over-year. 35% of listings have taken a price cut. 78.5% of homes are selling under list price.

That's not a disaster. That's a market where the right agent makes a real difference.

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