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Article: CITY CENTER AUTHORITY STARTS PLANS FOR UPGRADE.(CAPITAL REGION)

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May 8, 1998
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Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer

The City Council has taken its first action to upgrade the Saratoga Springs City Center and keep it financially viable by approving a conceptual plan that will keep the convention center a mainstay of the city's tourism industry.

The city center cost approximately $4.9 million to construct. In its 14 years, it has hosted more than 1.25 million visitors who have spent approximately $132.3 million in stores, shops, hotels and restaurants, generating $9,261,000 in sales tax, according to City Center Authority Chairman Michael J. Toohey.

``This has been done without taking any existing tax dollars from the ...

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