A new Dallas convention center: boon to downtown or giant civic albatross? | marklamster
Architecture critic Mark Lamster on the virtues and perils of the plan to remake the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.
The plan, which was approved with a 14-1 vote by the City Council earlier this month, calls for the reconstruction of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, essentially rotating it 90 degrees clockwise to shift its orientation from east-west to north-south. The new building would stretch from the Omni Hotel all the way across I-30, which it would bridge, along with a new deck park.
A significant part of the proposal’s appeal to the City Council is that it appears to be “free.” The cost, which could far exceed $2 billion, would be covered by hotel tax revenue and other funding streams, such that it would not come directly from the pockets of Dallas taxpayers — assuming it meets its financial targets. That financing is predicated on a 2% increase in the city’s hotel occupancy tax rate, a bump that would bring Dallas in line with Austin, Houston and San Antonio.
The plan entails the construction of a new DART station and would link to a future high-speed rail station. Dahl’sA rendering shows a proposed new downtown Dallas convention center built on the west side of Lamar Street/Botham Jean Boulevard as well as surrounding redevelopment projects and landmarks.
A short list of cities with newly built or expanded convention facilities includes Austin, Boston, Fort Worth, Las Vegas, Nashville, San Francisco and Seattle. “Is it conceivable that every one of them is going to double their business in an environment when the pandemic has affected how people meet and interact, and has affected the way businesses consider sending their employees in narrow aluminum tubes from one end of the country to another?” asks Sanders.
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