The trip has been delayed due to extreme weather in the Northeast.
DALLAS — Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson is leading a business delegation visit to New York City alongside the city manager and other local business leaders to help spotlight “Y’all Street.”
Originally scheduled for departure on Feb. 25, the trip is being postponed due to ongoing extreme weather in the Northeast. The delegation is expected to meet with local executives to highlight Dallas as a place for innovation and investment, particularly in financial services.
“Economic development is a competition. Dallas is competing with America’s other major cities, like New York, for the investment of premier businesses and financial institutions,” Johnson said in a statement. “Every member of this delegation is determined to win that competition.”
But Johnson also said this visit is about more than business.
“When we bring new investment, new businesses, and new jobs to Dallas, it creates genuine economic opportunity for all our residents,” he added.
A number of financial institutions have invested into Dallas, such as Goldman Sachs and Scotiabank. Both are bringing new buildings to the city that will house thousands of employees.
But the city has also seen its share of business loss recently following the announcement that AT&T would be moving its headquarters from its downtown location to a new site in Plano.
The New York Stock Exchange launched NYSE Texas in 2025, a fully electronic equities exchange based in Dallas, calling the city “one of the nation’s fastest growing business hubs.” Lynn Martin, president of NYSE Group, said Texas is “the state with the largest number of NYSE listings, representing over $3.7 trillion in market value,” and praised its “pro-business atmosphere.”
Another major player is the Texas Stock Exchange, or TXSE, which is registered as a national securities exchange and plans to begin trading exchange-traded products and corporate listings in 2026. Based in Dallas, TXSE says it will serve U.S. and international companies and is the only national exchange built and headquartered in Texas.
Nasdaq is also moving deeper into the Lone Star State. Nasdaq Texas is being positioned as a dual-listing venue for Texas companies, highlighting the state as a home where “innovation and perseverance meet” and businesses “grow and thrive.”
The city said it would announce the new dates for the visit once they have been finalized.
