The town hall was proving to be yet another disaster for the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. The Irving Convention Center was jammed with several hundred angry North Texans. They held signs that read “Don’t Vegas My Irving” and circulated flyers warning that “predatory gambling” breeds crime, failed marriages, and addiction. Three days later, on March 17, a city commission was set to consider a contentious zoning change. It would permit Sands to someday build a “destination resort” complex on land adjacent to the site of the demolished Texas Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys until 2008. The proposal also conspicuously allowed for a casino as part of the resort. It was a peculiar concept. Other than two Native American–owned properties in far-flung parts of the…
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