After another meeting that stretched into the early morning hours, the Irving City Council approved rezoning land for a destination resort, but not a casino. During the Thursday night meeting, the Las Vegas Sands Corporation requested that the casino portion of the proposal be removed from the plans.

After a heated public meeting, the casino giant drops gambling from its proposed resort near the former Texas Stadium site but says the project’s

Never bet against the house, but in Irving, it's hard to say who holds the cards as Las Vegas Sands Corp. considers its plans for future development on a huge swath of land in the city west of Dallas.