Quote Originally Posted by hoyasooner View Post
I know that. But a hotel is supposed to be built alongside the convention center. The city will have to chip in. And there's zero funding for that.
Securing a major convention center hotel for Oklahoma City, is really not that hard. Major hotel management groups love it when cities build new convention centers, because that is securing legitimate business for the convention center hotel, and the hotel will have constant bookings, not to mention, if the hotel is located right next to the Oklahoma City Arena, the hotel management group will cleanup during the NBA season.

The key for the city to securing a major convention center hotel, is not focusing on securing a convention center hotel. The key is for the city to focus on building a prime, state of the art convention center, if the city does that, then the city will have major hotel groups knocking at their door to build a hotel next to the CC, with no or very little money from the city. The city would just have to give them the land to develop hotel, and offer them incentives.