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For Immediate Release:
April 27, 2022
For More Information Contact:
Rosa Fleming - Director - Convention and Event Services - City of Dallas
O: 214.939.2755 E: [email protected]
Dallas City Council Approves Use of Brimer Bill to Fund Convention Center Expansion and Fair Park Projects
Approval is a Milestone on Path to Funding Transformational Projects
DALLAS - Today, the Dallas City Council approved a resolution allowing for use of the Brimer Bill to fund the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD) expansion and certain Fair Park improvement projects. The next step is for the City Manager to send the resolution to the State of Texas Comptroller for review. After the review is successfully completed, Dallas City Council will vote on whether to call an election for the public to approve the Brimer Bill funding.
"With today's City Council vote toward adding funding for the Convention Center and Fair Park improvements to the November 8 ballot, Downtown Dallas, Fair Park and Southern Dallas can increase public investment advancing equity and uniting our City as One Dallas without increasing property taxes," ​said Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax.
With voter approval, the City of Dallas will initiate a new hotel occupancy tax at a rate of 2 percent. The maximum hotel occupancy tax rate imposed from all sources in the City of Dallas would be fifteen percent of the price paid for a room in a hotel. The funding from the new hotel occupancy tax rate will be a major source of funding of the KBHCCD expansion and Fair Park facilities improvements, detailed below. There will be no tax increases imposed on the residents of Dallas.
KBHCCD Master Plan Preferred Option: On February 9, the Dallas City Council approved the 3C - West of Lamar expansion option, which best meets the KBHCCD Master Plan's goals and objectives and the recommended Convention Center space allocation program. This option includes opportunities for elevated ballrooms with downtown views, opens Griffin and Lamar Streets to natural light, and reconfigures Lamar Street to create a central lobby and an enhanced pedestrian experience.
Fair Park: The City of Dallas will acquire, construct, and improve certain facilities located at Fair Park, including the Automotive Building, an exhibit hall; the Centennial Building, an exhibit hall; the Band Shell, a music hall; the Music Hall, a music hall; the Cotton Bowl, a stadium; the Coliseum, a stadium, and related infrastructure.
Project Website - www.dallasccmasterplan.com. Additional information about the KBHCCD Master Plan can be viewed on this project website.
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