Comments on Advance Indiana™: Fort Wayne Heads Down Indy's Path With Downtown Development

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2007-08-01T15:11:00.000-05:00

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Thanks kindly for shedding lighton Fort Wayne's mi...

2007-07-31T22:07:00.000-05:00

Thanks kindly for shedding light
on Fort Wayne's mis-step to future progress. Why is it, Indiana folks
just do not understand how to make
money.

If you care to read more or make a comment about Fort Wayne's Indy
Envy...go to... downtownfortwaynebaseball.blogspot.com/2007/07/financial-dynamics.html

More corporate moguls getting richer on the taxpay...

2007-07-31T08:51:00.000-05:00

More corporate moguls getting richer on the taxpayers backs. What does the average hotel worker make? Can you live downtown Indy on those wages?

I am all for Fort Wayne redeveloping its downtown,...

2007-07-31T06:06:00.000-05:00

I am all for Fort Wayne redeveloping its downtown, but I question their priorities and their judgement on this deal.

As someone who attends three large conventions a y...

2007-07-31T05:30:00.000-05:00

As someone who attends three large conventions a year, and has helped plan one of them, I can tell you that the headquarters hotel's amenities are important.

The availability of a certain number of rooms, and meeting space of certain size, is critical. Each of these conventions is highly-sought-after by cities.

That said, at some point, every major city is going to pony up with the required amenities.

So, I'd want to hitch my star to a city with foresight to build these structures.

And I'd want to live in a city that had the same foresight, with the proper mix of local and private funds. Emphasis on "proper."

The real question open for debate is: at what point does the clutch kick in, and the gears shift? If a hotelier were ready to build a hotel with X number of rooms and meeting space, without subsidy, when does a public subsidy provide return for the investment?

It's a solid question. In Indy, I think we had that debate, altho I recognize many disagree. To be honest, I don't know any decent-sized organization that would consider a Ft. Wayne for these types of conventions. But I could be wrong.

FW's downtown has not been the same since Wolf & Dessauer left. It's a dump.

How can Fort Wayne justify another publically fund...

2007-07-30T20:17:00.000-05:00

How can Fort Wayne justify another publically funded baseball stadium considering the relatively new baseball field next to the Coliseum?

Indy better get busy filling the new Lucas Oil Sta...

2007-07-30T20:08:00.000-05:00

Indy better get busy filling the new Lucas Oil Stadium, expanded Convention Center and new Hotels with "PAYING" customers to justify these huge public investments.

They are off to a slow start considering CEDIA just announced it wont be back before 2012 and PRI still questionable for 2010.

2007-07-30T20:00:00.000-05:00

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Same old game just a different city.Given the fact...

2007-07-30T19:25:00.000-05:00

Same old game just a different city.
Given the fact that the COIT increase is not "earmarked" you can rest assured that a good chunk will be sent to another entity like the CIB for use with deals Bart still had on the table from downtown developers.
I suppose Ft. Wayne wants to get into the convention business too.

2007-07-30T19:09:00.000-05:00

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