Quote Originally Posted by lazylakedog View Post
well two bits...too bad we didn't pass a tax for a fish hatchery and public service instead of a 70 acre homeless park that i will never visit...did you forget we already passed the hotel tax to improve the fairgrounds?....double dipping on that one....do we really need a new cox center??????.....we really put ourselves in a pickle this time!

The value of a new convention center.

Help attract more and larger conventions.

More and larger conventions helps the downtown hotels stay in business and possibly create need for more downtown hotels to be built.

The more hotel rooms the city has, the larger the events the city can bid to bring to Oklahoma City. Bigger and better sporting events, concerts, etc.

We've already grown hotel space to be large enough to hold the Big 12 basketball tournament. I'd like to see more.

And while I will never stay in a downtown hotel, I , or more likely my daughter and her children, will enjoy the big time events that come to OKC.

So , do we need a new convention center ? If those who are working to bring conventions to OKC think it would be a great help , then by all means , get it done.