Dallas voters approved Proposition A, which calls for a 2% increase to the city's hotel occupancy tax to help fund a new $4 billion convention center in Downtown Dallas and pay for renovations to historical buildings at Fair Park.
The ballot initiative called for a 2% increase in the city’s hotel occupancy tax. But it won’t raise taxes for people who live in the city.It will also raise billions of dollars for a new convention center downtown and fund renovations to historic buildings at Fair Park.In Denton, voters overwhelmingly chose to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. In Dallas, a plan to rebuild the convention center got the OK.
They voted in favor of a $2 billion plan to build a new convention center west of Lamar Street. An additional $2.2 billion would be spent on redevelopment projects in and around the convention center.The Dallas City Council wants to increase the tax on hotel rooms in order to rebuild the Dallas Convention Center and make improvements to Fair Park.
The city plans to keep 30% of the current convention center. The cost to demolish the rest of it is estimated at roughly $20 million.
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