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[QUOTE="FrancoPizza, post: 1527930, member: 5195"]
I believe the counter-argument the county was making is that those who do visit from Canada (as an example) already probably spend a night at one of the nearby hotels... and that building an all-suite facility attached to the mall would just cannibalize the existing business.   As much as I'd like to see a nice spanking hotel attached to the mall, and even acknowledging that it's one of the few malls in its peer group without a hotel, I wonder if it's just a zero-sum game when it comes to overnight stays.   The whole premise destiny was pitching is that it would encourage visitors to spend more time in the area.    That being said, if they don't overbuild, an attached hotel would draw steady business... so it's just a matter of how long destiny will wait to see if a handout comes along.   The city awarded a 20-year PILOT to the downtown armory hotel that was just built...  and destiny was asking for similar arrangements... only to get rebuffed.   Those lots could be undeveloped for awhile longer.
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