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Fort Worth Backs $200M Convention Center Hotel Plan

FORT WORTH-City officials buck opposition and forge ahead with a 600-room convention center hotel. A directive is issued on a 7-2 vote to line up the teams, buy the land, sell $130 million in certificates and finalize a management deal with Hilton.

By Connie Gore | Updated on October 09, 2002

FORT WORTH-Fort Worth City Council last night stood up to the opposition by endorsing a 600-room, $200-million convention center hotel and a controversial financing plan that doesn’t require an OK from the tax-paying public.

Council, on a 7-2 vote, directed its city manager to start the wheels rolling to hire a construction manager and architects, buy land from Tarrant County College, proceed with a $130-million certificates sale and finalize a management contract with Hilton Hotel Corp. Each step of the multifaceted directive must return to council for final approval.

Pat Svacina, Fort Worth’s spokesman, told GlobeSt.com that council was swayed by the multitude of studies collected in the past year as well as input from several convention leaders. “Fort Worth has a convention center, but it doesn’t have the hotel rooms. They said they won’t come to Fort Worth unless there is a hotel,” Svacina said.

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