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

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
12:29 Downtown Development Process
13:56 Phases
15:54 Hotel & the Bigger Downtown Plan
17:47 Stimulate Growth
19:20 Outro

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Contact us at: communications@beaumonttexas.gov

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:44 Hotel & Downtown Economic Development
• 1:49 HOT Tax & CVB
• 4:55 Other Cities
• 6:45 Convention vs Civic Center
• 8:47 Cost
• 12:29 Downtown Development Process
• 13:56 Phases
• 15:54 Hotel & the Bigger Downtown Plan
• 17:47 Stimulate Growth
• 19:20 Outro