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I dont think it was, i thought that was just an expansion of Scheman.
Also why would the citizens have to fund it through property taxes? It seems like is should be a slam dunk business. If nothing else it should probably qualify for some state credits like the new Iowa Events Center hotel will
If it's anything like the Venetian in Vegas, I'm on board.
Ha ha - pun!
Tangent: How is there not a "Floodplain" brewery in Ames yet?
Given this photo would we be able to put in casino space? Riverboat style!
Great idea on the brewery!
Would love to have the stadium on/in a lake. The view would be great and it would give the recruits something to do. Water ski, fishing, ice fishing! Very unique!
The proposal was a convention center attached to Scheman that was to be funded from city property tax revenues, local hotel/motel taxes, and ISU funding. The citizens that voted opposed it by about a 30% margin. I didn't care either way so I didn't bother voting.
Unless a developer wanted to come in and invest to build a hotel/convention center and the city was willing to give said developer financial incentives, that was the only other option. Can't just snap your fingers and make something happen.
Iowa State Center would be a terrible location for a hotel. Add in that there isn't much happening for about 4 months (last few weeks of May/June/July/first couple of August + winter break) a year to make money.
Well, I guess then it wouldn't be just hawkeyes having sex in the stadium during the game.
Which makes it a better location than a good portion of successful hotels.
Having innate down, if not bad, months is common in that industry.
You could have sea battles like the Romans used to do when they would fill the Circus Maximus with water.
There are plenty of events in Ames during the summer, all of which require hotel rooms. Every year there's Special Olympics, Iowa Games (3 weekends), and a bunch of youth sports tournaments.
This year there's also Odyssey of the Mind, and a weeklong national sports competition for kids with disabilities.
Another scoreboard and or a ribbon board? I didn't think we had money to throw around... Gimme seats plz
How much time have you spent in Ames during the Summer? The campus definitely thins out, but there are lots of events that happen during the Summer than couldn't happen during the rest of the year. FFA, Republican Straw Poll, etc.
Yup. You cant tell me that a hotel in a better location than every hotel in town wouldnt have success. A hotel here would be the premiere venue for:
- Families and prospective students visiting campus (cant really count the MU, its only got 50 rooms), whether on their first visit, visiting during the year, or coming for graduation.
- Convention attendees.
- ISU athletics (football and basketball main drivers, obviously. )
- Visitors with campus business (anyone with business on campus, really)
- Shows at Hilton and CY Stephens
And many more reasons im sure im not listing for wanting to be in this general area.
So the question would be, why hasnt this been done? Has iowa state explored this? Has Iowa State's close association with the Gateway (currently the closest hotel) prevented them wanting to allow competition? Has a major hotel explored this and found it not to be profitable?
And why is the Hilton Garden Inn way out west on Mortenson? There should have been a zoning ordinance preventing anything being called Hilton that isn't adjacent to The Hilton.
If they do a ribbon board.....please let it be on the Camera shot side. That side needs all the help it can get.
