\nIf the legislation is eventually approved and Texas voters back a constitutional amendment, work by the new committee \u201cwill enable the DFW region to hit the ground running immediately,\u201d Jones predicted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cKey stakeholders in a wide range of industries spanning construction, convention, and social welfare can brainstorm and come up with a concrete set of plans which can be put into action the moment legislation is passed in the Texas Legislature,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Clyde Barrow, a political scientist at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, told Casino.org<\/em> that if the committee works well, it \u201cwill provide detailed information on the economic and fiscal benefits of casino gaming (at least in DFW), as well as detailed and quantifiable information on the social and economic costs of legalized gambling, such as problem gambling prevention and treatment, local infrastructure costs (e.g., roads, off-ramps, signaling, water and sewer), regulatory costs, and public service impacts (e.g., police, EMS, fire protection).\u201d<\/p>\n