The Dallas City Council wants to increase the tax on hotel rooms in order to rebuild the Dallas Convention Center and make improvements to Fair Park.
The Dallas City Council wants to increase the tax on hotel rooms in order to raise $1.5 billion.
Among her concerns, was the city doesn't know the full cost of rebuilding the city's convention center.The namesake of the convention center was among the voices urging Dallas City Council members to approve the plan that would ultimately ask voters to raise hotel taxes by 2%. Council members previously approved a plan to tear down the current convention center and build a new one."It's a sea of concrete, Frankenstein buildings, no walkability, no sense of community. This will right that wrong," Dallas City Councilman Chad West said.And it's not just the convention center, but also Fair Park that could get rejuvenated as a tourist destination.
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