Suite Dreams and Big Plans | S1 E2: How a New Downtown Convention Center & Hotel Could Bring Big Business to Beaumont

Beaumont Beat · Aug 15, 2023 · 19m

We talk about the potential economic impacts and potential next steps for building a full-service convention center hotel downtown. We also address how a convention center differs from a civic center, how hotel revenue can potentially lower your taxes, and what the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) does to drive tourism and bring business to the area.

Resources:

Downtown Hotel/Convention Center Public Input Meeting

Downtown Plan Input

Topics:

00:00 Intro

00:44 Hotel & Downtown Economic Development

01:49 HOT Tax & CVB

04:55 Other Cities

06:45 Convention vs Civic Center

08:47 Cost

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