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Article: RIVERO: NEW HOTELS AT TRACK DETRIMENTAL / 25 HOTELS BEHIND IN TAXES
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- March 28, 1986
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Suggestions that new hotels be constructed near the proposed
Remington Park racetrack have led to concern among the city' s hotel
industry, an industry already feeling the pinch of a down Oklahoma
economy.
That concern was expressed Thursday by Orr Rivero, president of
the Oklahoma City Hotel otel Association. He told the Oklahoma City
Convention and Tourism Bureau that a resolution should be adopted and
sent to city planning officials, requesting that no new hotels be
allowed near Remington Park side north of the Oklahoma City Zoo.
Rivero's suggestion was backed by a report that at least 25 hotels
in Oklahoma City are behind in their room tax payments to Oklahoma
City. The report was by ...