The mayor remains skeptical if it will even get that far along, with a conservative legislature that so far has not expanded gambling to include table games like poker and blackjack.ġ6-year-old boy charged in connection with fatal Dallas shooting The city has to approve permits, construction, road closures, and a large amount of procedures to build a large building. Or whether you get to plop a casino in the City of Dallas,' said Johnson. 'The folks I sit around the horseshoe with every day I can guarantee you are going to have to have a say in where you plop a casino in the City of Dallas. The mayor told a crowd if the location is in Dallas the city council will also have to be consulted. They join Cuban's efforts to bring a resort-style casino to North Texas. The Adelson and Dumont families have spent millions already trying to bring casino gaming to Texas. The mayor said those pushing for casino gaming in the city need to be talking to the city council and not just the state legislature. During Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson's annual sit-down interview with the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, the sale of the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson from the Las Vegas Sands came up.
