{"id":482236,"date":"2016-04-27T14:37:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T19:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=482236"},"modified":"2016-04-28T14:37:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T19:37:02","slug":"work-toward-a-tyler-conference-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=482236","title":{"rendered":"Work Toward a Tyler Conference Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/04\/Tyler-welcome.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/04\/Tyler-welcome.jpeg\" alt=\"Tyler-welcome\" width=\"239\" height=\"202\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-482237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/04\/Tyler-welcome.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2016\/04\/Tyler-welcome-200x169.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; The Tyler City Council voted unanimously to accept a letter of intent from Champ Hospitality to continue work to bring a conference center to the Rose City. A conference center would be attached to a privately owned hotel in the city. Champ Hospitality will seek private funding to develop the hotel portion of the project. Mayor Martin Heines said the hotel-conference center is a public-private partnership, with the city primarily funding the conference center and private investment constructing the hotel. The conference center would be located on city-owned property next to the new Village at Cumberland Park retail development at Broadway and Loop 49.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The City owns 17.97 acres, a portion of which will be leased to the hotel developer for the project. The site will also feature a 3.25 acre lake.<\/p>\n<p>This project has been a long time in the making with the City exploring many options over the last 5 years.  The budget for the project will not be finalized until the design is complete and bids are obtained; however, it is estimated to be around $48 million. The City&#8217;s portion for the conference center project will not exceed $19 million. <\/p>\n<p>Tourism was identified as one of Tyler&#8217;s chief opportunities for economic growth in the Industry Growth Initiative that was adopted in mid-2010. It is estimated that at least 20-30,000 room nights are lost each year because Tyler has not had the facilities to accommodate larger conferences. According to Mayor Heines, &#8220;Tourism brings fresh dollars to our economy. This is money from outside our region being spent in Tyler. The result is jobs for Tylerites and economic vitality.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The Tyler City Council voted unanimously to accept a letter of intent from Champ Hospitality to continue work to bring a conference center to the Rose City. A conference center would be attached to a privately owned hotel in the city. 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