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Article: HOTELIERS: NO SUBSIDY FOR MARCUS PLAN MAYOR SAYS A NEW DOWNTOWN HOTEL WOULD HELP MONONA TERRACE ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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Byline: DEAN MOSIMAN dmosiman@madison.com 608-252-6141
Some Downtown hoteliers are organizing to fight any subsidy for Marcus Corp.'s proposed hotel to serve Monona Terrace and are questioning a study that supports it.
"This hotel is not going to have the economic impact that justifies the amount of money the city will spend," said Stephen Zanoni, general manager of the Madison Concourse Hotel - the city's largest with 356 rooms. "It will put other hotels at such a disadvantage. You will have other issues in the future."
City and tourism officials and the consultant who wrote the study insist a hotel is vital to the success of the convention ...
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