🏞️ City leaders are pressing pause, at least until the end of the year, on moving forward with a new destination sports park and entertainment district in North McKinney.

What happened: McKinney City Council members unanimously voted to table a resolution adopting guiding principles for the potential park during a Nov. 18 meeting. The action came after some council members expressed a desire for further conversation about what to do with 270 acres of city-owned land located along CR 164.

Council member Justin Beller said he would like for the city to explore other options before opening a request for qualifications to find a development partner. He made a motion to table the item and plan a work session to discuss the project further before the end of the year.

The details: Council members were considering a set of principles meant to guide development and partnership selection for the sports park and entertainment district. City officials would identify a development partner through the RFQ process to develop the park land through a public-private partnership.

💪 Studio Pilates International Franchisees David de Prez and Alyson Baynes are slated to open a studio in McKinney, de Prez said.

The details: The business offers 40-minute classes that combine reformer Pilates with audio-visual technology, the company website states.

📍3200 S. Stonebridge Drive, McKinney

Thanksgiving week is expected to be one of the busiest U.S. travel periods in history, according to projections from AAA. A record 5.8 million Texans are projected to travel at least 50 miles from home Nov. 25-Dec. 1.

Zooming in: About 5.3 million Texans are expected to drive to their Thanksgiving destinations, according to a Nov. 17 news release, while about 328,000 people will fly and 140,000 will use other forms of transportation.

The impact: Texans should give themselves extra time to reach their destinations during Thanksgiving week, with the most congestion expected Nov. 25-26. Traffic is also expected to be heavy as Texans return home Nov. 30, according to INRIX, a transportation data company.

Minimal traffic is expected on Thanksgiving Day.

More details: Texas drivers will pay about the same for gas as they did last Thanksgiving, according to AAA Texas. One gallon of regular unleaded gas cost about $2.65 in Texas as of Nov. 13, down from $2.69 last year.