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Originally Posted by arkitekte
That's actually best. Only 60 hotel rooms inside the Pyramid means that
A) There's only 60 rooms so there will be a need for more throughout downtown depending on how many people are going to be buying hotel rooms because of Bass Pro.
B) The number of people that can sleep, eat, and shop in the Pyramid will be fairly low creating revenue downtown outside of the Pyramid.
C) They'll probably be pretty expensive which in theory should make people go with a cheaper alternative somewhere else downtown.
Bass Pro is going to make a killing off of the super store, we don't want them taking hotel nights away from other hotels downtown, especially if we want to see more hotels proposed and built. Their initial plan was for more hotel rooms so they could sell the idea that someone could come to the Pyramid and eat, sleep, drink, and shop til they drop without having to leave. Only 60 hotel rooms throws a brick through that plan.
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This is where I always chime in about a new convention center around Beale and a retrofitting the Cook with family attractions that appeal to weekend getaways(see KC Crown Center) and a redevelopment of Mud Island with at least a Tom and Huck themed water park on the north end with a grandiose vision of a development like Galveston Pier or Kemah Board Walk with rides and even a hotel.