Frank Zaccanelli is a Dallas real estate investor who currently leads Fiamma, a real estate investment and development firm. He is passionate about professional basketball, and in 1996 led a group that acquired the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. During his time with the Mavs he led the successful effort to buy and redevelop 75 acres in downtown Dallas and transform it into the American Airlines Center, home to the Mavericks and the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League.