The NYTEX Sports Centre, located in North Richland Hills, is the home of the Lone Star Brahmas. North Richland Hills is a beautiful suburb that sits in northeast Tarrant County within the “Mid-Cities” between Fort Worth and Dallas, situated mere minutes from DFW International Airport and Love Field.
NYTEX is a 2,500 seat multi-purpose arena with five public suites, an owners suite, and three party suites. The 140,000 square foot facility also includes a second ice rink that converts into an indoor turf arena during the summer. The Sports Centre also contains a 30,000 foot multi-purpose Olympic Hall or volleyball, wrestling tournaments, and other events.
Formerly the Blue Line Ice Complex, the Centre was the original home of the NAHL Texas Tornado. In the Spring of 2007, several years after the Tornado had moved to Frisco. Texas. the building came under new ownership and was restored to its current state and dubbed "Brahma Land." Soon, it became the home of a professional hockey team (CHL Fort Worth Brahmas) as well as the Texas Brahmas Youth Hockey Association (TBYHA), youth and adult house leagues, giving a home to ice hockey players of al ages and levels of play. After the professional team ceased operation in 2013. it was decided that the NYTEX Sports Centre's focus should return to its original purpose of developing young hockey players. In late Fall 2013, the NAHL (North American Hockey League, the only USA Hockey Sanctioned Tier I league in the US) approved the purchase of the Texas Tornado and the subsequent move to NYTEX, where they were rebranded as the Lone Star Brahmas.
