City council nixes a public vote on downtown convention hotel

Nov 13th, 2015 – by 2
  The city council on Thursday voted to deny a public vote on a downtown convention hotel. But the 12-1 vote came after two sweeteners from the developer of the 800-room, $311 million hotel. The developer agreed to add to contracts that ...

Action to deny vote on downtown hotel advances

Oct 27th, 2015 – by 2
A city council committee on Monday unanimously approved a resolution to deny a city vote on building a downtown convention hotel. A conservative group called Citizens for Responsible Government successfully raised 2,007 signatures to force an ...

Mayor moves to prevent vote on downtown hotel project

Oct 23rd, 2015 – by 1
Mayor Sly James introduced a measure Thursday that would deny a public vote on construction of a Downtown convention hotel. A conservative opposition group called Citizens for Responsible Government raised more than the 1,700 signatures needed ...

Proposed hotel would be magnet for conventions, officials say

May 11th, 2015 – by 1
In the last decade, Kansas City spent $6.5 billion upgrading downtown infrastructure, officials said today, but the lack of a big convention center hotel remained an open pothole. But today Mayor Sly James announced plans to build an 800-room, ...

More talk of new downtown hotel

Jan 30th, 2015 – by 0
Kansas City has invested many millions in its downtown, but its hotel space is inadequate and as tired as a 1960s house, the mayor said Thursday. “We need a hotel that has been built since 1985,” he said at a council business session. “If ...