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08-06-2007, 07:34 AM | #1 |
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Convention Center Not Up To Expectations
The praise and promises that accompanied the January 2006 opening of the $100 million Shreveport Convention Center seemed a precursor to an economic boom.
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08-06-2007, 09:15 AM | #2 |
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When/why did everybody decide to just round up the price of the building to $100MM? The construction budget (with change orders and options) was around $75MM and land acquisition/demolition was around $5MM.
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08-06-2007, 10:02 AM | #3 |
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20 million here, 20 million there, pretty soon it starts to add up to some real money.
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08-06-2007, 10:09 AM | #4 |
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There is a easy fix ya know brother ! Tax that business man more on his property and that will fill the short fall. The city of Shreveport needs to try to sell that thing and get out of the business of hotels and take care of the problems in this town. Keith Hightower left his mark on this city like a tom cat !
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08-06-2007, 10:22 AM | #5 |
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>The city of Shreveport needs to try to sell that thing and get out of the business of hotels and take care of the problems in this town.
That article is about the convention center, not the hotel. |
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