Kansas City Stays Losing Tax Cash For Riverside Casino Hotel

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Per ushe . . . The house always wins AND locals taxpayers finance yet another development scheme. 

Here are some of the deets . . . 

True North Hotel Group has announced plans for a new SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel on what is now a parking lot just east of the Bond Bridge, across the highway from CPKC Stadium. Early plans show the hotel would be five stories and have about 120 rooms.

The City Council’s transportation committee voted on Tuesday to advance a plan that would use revenue from a 1% sales tax on the casino and future hotel to offset some of the hotel’s construction costs. The city owns the property and leases it to the Port Authority of Kansas City, which will sublease the land for the hotel.

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A new hotel could be next addition to Kansas City's fast-growing riverfront

A SpringHill Suites is planned as the Berkley Riverfront area continues to transform.

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