Shown is a rendering of the development site for a new, $48 million hotel, in the background, and additional convention center space, foreground, at the north end of Festival Park. The new convention center would be tied in with Festival Hall, which would be renovated. This view looks toward the northwest and shows Festival Hall at left. Michael Burke
RACINE â The site work necessary to combine Festival Hall with a modern convention center and accompanying lakefront hotel is to soon be underway.
News of the work has some asking, âWhat?â City residents have been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic for so long, they may have forgotten about the $48 million development proposal.