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Dallas hosted its first FIFA World Cup match Sunday, and despite some fear over how North Texas would fare as thousands attempted to travel to see Japan and the Netherlands play in Arlington, the region’s public transit seems to have held up. Surprisingly, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, or DART, specifically seems to have made quite … Continued The post What Japanese World Cup Fans Thought of DART After Weekend Match appeared first on D Magazine.
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Some Dallas residents are upset that the new Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center renovations are set to essentially cut off Oak Cliff from Downtown Dallas.Dallas Convention Center plans facing backlashLast month, Dallas City Council members on the transportation committee told staff that they want the full council to consider sending the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center plans back to the drawing board.Today, staff tried to get the committee to reconsider that recommendation, but council members stuck to their decision.Right now the problem is that the Houston Street and Jefferson Street viaducts are both two-way bridges connecting Oak Cliff and Southern Dallas into and out of Downtown Dallas.The new convention center plans would cause Jefferson Street to dead-end into the convention center. The plans would also make each bridge one way. City councilmember rejects push to save the design Dallas city council member Chad West says that the design team never pre
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Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton said that Dallas will host his party's midterm convention later this year.Paxton said Dallas will host the GOP midterm in September during a tele-town hall on Tuesday.Paxton said he anticipates Trump coming to the midterm to help him campaign in his Senate race with Democrat James Talarico.We don't know the dates that the midterm convention would be, or what venue would host it.Sources confirmed in March that the Republican Party is exploring a national convention for the midterm elections, with Dallas being one of the cities under consideration to host the event. Dave Brown, the general manager of the American Airlines Center, told FOX 4 representatives of the National Republican Party toured the AAC in late February, but they didn't share any details about the possible event. The reps were given all the rental information, including technical aspects and rental fee details, which, on average, is about $125,000 per day. "Typically, parties
