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Barely a plan, but enough to excite leaders about Texas Stadium site’s future
IRVING — Ever since the Dallas Cowboys’ old home imploded into a city-owned dirt lot, dreamers have been coming to City Hall with designs for its future.
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The latest pitch is barely a plan. The Irving City Council voted Thursday to enter six months of exclusive talks with OliverMcMillan while the company figures out what it might build where the stadium stood.
But the San Diego firm has deep pockets, a glossy résumé, and a serious interest in the site. And that has many Irving officials more hopeful than they’ve been since the stadium fell.
“What really struck me was seeing nearly a 90-acre site in the middle of your city, in the middle of this major metropolis, just waiting to have a future,” OliverMcMillan’s CEO, Dene Oliver, told the council Wednesday.
More at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/irving/headlines/20140109-barely-a-plan-but-enough-to-excite-leaders-about-texas-stadium-sites-future.ece .
