Every room you sell in Seattle carries a 7% lodging tax that Bellevue hotels
don't pay. That's a permanent competitive disadvantage — not neutral, captive.
A restructured PFD with stabilized finances is less likely to need emergency
lodging tax increases to cover reserve shortfalls. The Arch as a commons also
generates a different kind of visitor traffic — cultural tourists who aren't
choosing between Seattle and Bellevue, they're choosing Seattle because of what
Seattle has to offer.
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I want to analyze this proposal from the perspective of Seattle Hotel Industry.
There's a civic proposal to convert the WSCC Arch building at 7th & Pike into a year-round public commons operated by Seattle Center.
The case being made to Seattle Hotel Industry: Every room you sell in Seattle carries a 7% lodging tax that Bellevue hotels
don't pay. That's a permanent competitive disadvantage — not neutral, captive.
A restructured PFD with stabilized finances is less likely to need emergency
lodging tax increases to cover reserve shortfalls. The Arch as a commons also
generates a different kind of visitor traffic — cultural tourists who aren't
choosing between Seattle and Bellevue, they're choosing Seattle because of what
Seattle has to offer.
The full proposal: https://commons.conventioncityseattle.com
What are the strongest arguments for and against, from Seattle Hotel Industry's perspective?