Kansas City’s Convention Hotel Memorandum

Corporate Welfare |
By Patrick Tuohey | Read Time 1 min

The City Council of Kansas City is considering subsidizing half of a $300 million downtown convention hotel adjacent to Bartle Hall. There is a lot to be considered in the deal, the least of which being whether the city should be using taxpayer dollars to build hotels when the city seems unable to provide basic services.

As we examine the deal, we wanted to share the Memorandum of Understanding with our readers. You can find a copy of it here.

KC Convention Hotel Memorandum of Understanding (Text)

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Patrick Tuohey is a senior fellow at the Show-Me Institute and co-founder and policy director of the Better Cities Project. Both organizations aim to deliver the best in public policy research from around the country to local leaders, communities and voters. He works to foster understanding of the...

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