Orlando has Disney, Las Vegas has it's casinos. Can you name your reason for someone to board a plane to travel to Houston? POST_SNAPBACK Apparently, the city and its residents aren't interested in tourism or tourists. After all, Houston has one of the highest tax rates on rental cars in the nation and Houstonians voted for that. Unlike other themed resorts along the Las Vegas Strip, plans include multiple high-rise buildings with contemporary urban design. CityCenter will feature approximately 2,700 units of luxury condominiums, a 4,000-room luxury hotel and casino; two 400-room, non-gaming boutique hotels; and a 500,000-square-foot retail and entertainment district. will be in Toyota Center November 13.Last year, the Latin Grammys were held in Las Vegas. The awards. 18 lanes in his rear view mirror NEARLY five years ago, I was relocated to Houston. Occupied in outside sales, I've spent the better portion of these years staring at brake lights in front of me, immersed in a city incapable of effectively moving people from point A to point B.My frustration leve. This thread is for posting projects in the Midcities area. (Irving, Arlington, Grand Prarie.etc.Las Colinas to get a taste of UptownGables to develop 13-acre, mixed. In a related article, BusinessWeek lists the cities where the housing market is expected to decline the most: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and DC. Hey Everbody, Even though i am a native Houstonian, i only get to visit about twice a year. I have looked in Skyscraperpage.com, Emporis and have looked through several of our old posts. Could someone do a comprehensive list of proposed, approved and currently under construction projects in the H. The PDF is not encouraging. Essentially, they have a MUD set up that might finance the infrastructure by levying an additional property tax over and above what any adjoining tracts of land have to pay in taxes, and they have no commitment from the City or County (although the possibility exists, as it always does, everywhere) that they might allow some offsetting tax abatement. (Consider that. BIG is also the architect for the Las Vegas A's. A's owner is John Fischer who ran the team in to the ground and hoped that Oakland would help fund the new stadium. They didn't so now he is moving them to Las Vegas but unitil the new stadium is built the A's MLB team will be playing at a Triple A stadium in Sacramento. It seems that cities like DFW, Phoenix, Las Vegas are all experiencing high amounts of growth. And my question is, aside from the influx of population by Katrina/Rita evacuees, is the city really growing on its own? I keep hearing from many people that Houston's low cost of living compared to Dallas and Austin is due to its poor location.