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A more than two-year legal battle over the City of Tulsa’s proposed Tourism Improvement District appears to be coming to a close, with the city winning the fight over the special assessment.
Tulsa County District Judge William Musseman granted the city’s request for summary judgement Wednesday, agreeing with their arguments the 3% assessment on hotels with 110 rooms or more was established properly.
The owners of downtown’s Aloft hotel sued over the proposal in December 2018, claiming the city violated the law when it based the assessment district on hotels with at least 110 rooms rather than the 50 rooms in state statute.
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The Gathering Place added another award to its trophy case on Friday: USA Today’s 2021 Best City Park.
The riverfront park beat out 19 other contenders from across the country in the outlet s 10Best reader’s choice awards.
At a news conference announcing the award, Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell said the Gathering Place isn’t just a great tourist draw. It is a show-stopping recruitment tool. That is how I refer to it. Is a show-stopping recruitment tool. We bring companies when we bring them into Oklahoma, this is one of the first places that we bring them now, Pinnell said.
Tulsa Regional Tourism Hopes 2021 Events Help Rebound Economy
After the pandemic caused several canceled events and plans in 2020, Tulsa Regional Tourism said it is hoping 2021 will help rebuild the economy.
This year, the organization said it is hoping to bounce back from the pandemic.
If everything goes as planned, tourism president Ray Hoyt said it should see an estimated $161 million going back into the economy in 2021. There s a lot of hope right now that the vaccine is going to let things get us back to some sort of normal, whatever normal looks like, Hoyt said.
So far, Tulsa Regional Tourism has 62 events planned. Hoyt said the organization typically has double that number, but they are working now on adding more.