DTX-GCS: Impact 11/7/2025

Old Dragon Stadium, located just north of the Carroll ISD administrative building, now belongs to the city of Southlake following the school board's decision to sell the property to the city at a Nov. 3 work session.

What you need to know: District documents show CISD sold the stadium for roughly $8.75 million. The revenue from the land sale will go into CISD’s general fund. Southlake Mayor Shawn McCaskill said in a social media post that the city will preserve the football field, and possibly add new bleachers, a practice field, a playground and walking trail.

“We heard the concerns of our residents who did not want to see the site turned into residential or commercial development,” CISD board President Cameron Bryan said at the session. “In partnership with the city, we have ensured that Old Dragon Stadium will instead be turned into a community green space.”

Roma's Italian Bistro will be opening up inside Stacey’s Furniture store in Grapevine mid-November, Owner Romeo Manellari said. 

The details: Rama's Italian Bistro is a family-owned Italian restaurant that serves a full Italian menu with sauces made from scratch, Manellari said.

The restaurant serves pizza, including Hawaiian, barbecue and margherita. Dishes also include garlic bread, pasta, minestrone soup, salads, calzones, sub sandwiches and sea food.  Desserts include a cannoli pastry, tiramisu, cheesecake and chocolate cake. 

This is Manellari’s second store, he said. The first location opened in 2015 in Grand Prairie. 

📍 1900 S. Main St., Ste. 100, Grapevine

Alo, a new yoga clothing store, is now open at Southlake Town Square.

The new business offers activewear for studio to street styles according to a city social media page.

Alo Yoga has clothing options like matching sets, onesies, dresses, sweatpants and hoodies.

Airports in Dallas and Houston are required to begin reducing flights and other operations by 4% on Nov. 7 in response to air traffic controller shortages caused by the federal government shutdown, transportation officials announced Nov. 6.

The details: The cuts will affect 40 "high impact airports" across the country, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration. The affected Texas airports include:

• Dallas Love Field (DAL)
• Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
• William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)
• George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)

Huntington Bancshares announced in October that it would acquire Cadence Bank, which has several locations throughout Austin, Dallas and Houston. 

What you need to know: Huntington Bancshares shared an Oct. 27 news release stating that it would acquire Cadence Bank, which has 390 locations throughout the southern U.S. 

The release states that with the acquisition, Huntington will not close any existing Cadence Bank branches.