In a 5-4 vote, the Irving Zoning Commission March 18 approved zoning changes for a 1,001-acre site that could eventually become a mixed-use development from the Las Vegas Sands Corporation (LVS) centred around a casino resort.
The vote came at 2.30 a.m. local time after several hours of discussion, per WFAA. Two approvals were granted – one to change the overall site to a high-intensity mixed-use development and another to switch two specific tracts within the development from transit-oriented mixed-use community to high-intensity mixed-use.
However, on March 20, the company reversed course and requested to the Irving City Council that the casino gaming portion of the development be removed from the proposal. The company cited growing pushback from local residents, who came out in full force at the zoning meeting, as well as the unlikelihood of casinos being legalized in the state…