“I’m just hoping any big company would come and help take that land away from the city of Irving and then the whole city of Irving would benefit,” Patel said.

But casinos are still illegal in Texas and no one has confirmed the Irving location, which is very close to Dallas, is the target for a casino or a Mavericks arena, as much as some neighbors would like it. Mavericks' current owner Mark Cuban has said in the past that he wants to move the team out of the American Airlines Center and into a new arena in Dallas with a casino.Ĭuban said that the sale of the team is all part of that plan. Ron Reese, a spokesman for the Sands Corporation in Las Vegas told the Dallas Morning News that a resort is planned on the property and more land purchases could come in the future. Now Las Vegas casino owners confirm to NBC 5 Media Partner the Dallas Morning News that they are the buyers of that land across from the old stadium site.ĭART trains that pass right through it could make a new stop there. “We feel this site is going to be successful for any developer that wants to come in and put up incredible mixed-use development.” “We wanted to be sure that as people passed under and over that bridge they knew they were entering into a very special and important development,” Hill said. It’s a bridge to nowhere right now,” Patel said.Ĭity Manager Chris Hill spoke with NBC 5 about it in October 2018. “Yeah it’s a good bridge, but inside the land is empty.

The City of Irving invested $11 million to add features to the bridge the state constructed over 114 would be a gateway bridge into the city.

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