Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:12:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Nelson <nelson_mr at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Gilliland Fliers
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

--- "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:

> As for the Convention Center hotel's completion date slipping, as it
> happens, Ted and I are the people who proofread the transcripts of
> the meetings of the Washington Convention Center's Board of Directors
> and Advisory Board.  As of last month, they were still saying their
> headquarters hotel should be open by 2010.  Of course that's no
> guarantee that it will be, but Alexis claims to have knowledge that
> it
> definitely won't be.  If so, he knows more about it than the people
> in charge of it.  (I'm not betraying any confidences here; those
> meetings, unlike most of what we proofread, are open to the public.)

Okay, that's interesting to know.  Did the meeting
transcripts mention if the DC city council has
decided how the new hotel will be funded?  A group
of investors have volunteered to pay for the hotel
construction, but I haven't heard about any decisions.

We were concerned that if funding for the hotel wasn't
secured soon, everything would start over again when
Mayor Williams leaves office.

It was my understanding that the negotiation for the
final piece of land needed for the hotel has not
reached a settlement.  It seems to me that the DC
City Council has been too busy lately worrying
about the new baseball stadium parking to have time
to work on the convention center hotel.

Michael

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