When you stay in a Seattle hotel, 9.8% of your bill goes to lodging taxes
that finance a building you almost certainly can't visit. A commons would
change that. The Arch open means programming, markets, exhibitions, and
public space you could use during your stay — a civic destination two blocks
from Pike Place Market and one block from the Convention Center Link station.
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I want to analyze this proposal from the perspective of Hotel Guests and Tourists.
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 Hotel Guests and Tourists: When you stay in a Seattle hotel, 9.8% of your bill goes to lodging taxes
that finance a building you almost certainly can't visit. A commons would
change that. The Arch open means programming, markets, exhibitions, and
public space you could use during your stay — a civic destination two blocks
from Pike Place Market and one block from the Convention Center Link station.
The full proposal: https://commons.conventioncityseattle.com
What are the strongest arguments for and against, from Hotel Guests and Tourists's perspective?