Salt Lake politicos, industry debate role of government in hotel development

If a "headquarters hotel" makes economic sense, private developers will build it and profit from it.

There are two Marriotts, a Hilton and a Raddison within a block or two of the Salt Palace. If they thought it would be More..

The City of San Antonio,TX built a taxpayer funded Convention Headquarters Hotel for the very same reason with disastrous results. The only thing they received was. Weakening of hotel revenue (less hotel occupancy tax collected for the city and More..

So here's my question: IF the hotel is built, and IF that results in many more tax dollars from convention business, HOW does the local tax-paying citizen benefit from the enlarged tax collections? I'm betting it is just anorther example of More..