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'Largest entertainment complex outside of Vegas' breaks ground on luxury hotel in Arlington
The Dallas Morning News ^ | November 18, 2017 | Loyd Brumfield

Posted on 11/18/2017 11:30:46 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

ARLINGTON — Mayor Jeff Williams called it the largest entertainment complex outside of Las Vegas. Alex Tisch, executive vice president of Loews Corporation, said it would be "the biggest destination outside of Orlando."

They were talking about Arlington's entertainment district — an area just south of Interstate 30 buttressed by a major league baseball stadium, a young but already iconic NFL stadium, Six Flags over Texas and soon, the first luxury hotel of its type in the city.

Williams, Tisch and others were on hand Wednesday to celebrate the official groundbreaking for Live! by Loews, a posh 14-story, 302-room hotel that will serve as the visual centerpiece of Texas Live! — the $250 million mixed-use entertainment complex going up near the forthcoming retractable-roof ballpark for the Texas Rangers....

(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Sports; Travel
KEYWORDS: jobs; texas
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To: Albion Wilde

The one on Capitol Hill isn’t a gambling palace....
it’s more like a whore house.


21 posted on 11/18/2017 5:49:34 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (SCHLONGED: How Donald Trump Beat My Lying, Marxist Ass and Went On to Win the November Election. HRC)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“There are no casinos in Texas.”

Give it time. Politicians are all crooks and they love casinos, just wait, you’ll see. They said we’ll never have the lottery in Texas, yea, right.


22 posted on 11/18/2017 9:31:02 PM PST by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.56)
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To: Albion Wilde

I finally went to a game at Jerry World. It costs an arm and a leg just to park near the Stadium. No public transportation whatsoever. Never again!


23 posted on 11/18/2017 9:40:22 PM PST by dfwgator
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