Townlake Irving TX

The faithfully restored Ruth Paine House Museum explores the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Irving includes the Las Colinas community, one of the first master-planned developments in the United States and once the largest mixed-use development in the Southwest with a land area of more than 12,000 acres (4,856 ha). Las Colinas is home to the Mustangs at Las Colinas, which is the largest equine sculpture in the world, as well as many Fortune 500 companies, such as ExxonMobil, Kimberly-Clark and Fluor Corporation. In April 2019, the Westin Irving Convention Center Hotel opened, signalling the completion of the city’s special entertainment district that includes the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas and the Toyota Music Factory.

The National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys played in Irving at Texas Stadium from 1971 to 2008, and the team maintained its headquarters in Irving’s Valley Ranch neighborhood from 1985 to 2016.

Part of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport lies inside the city limits of Irving. Irving is noted for its racial and ethnic diversity, and has been ranked as one of the most diverse cities in the United States.