Cause of Jackson Convention Complex deficit does beyond HQ hotel
by Ted Carter
Published: December 11,2011
Tags: hotel, Jackson Convention Complex, Jackson Convention hotel complex, Jackson Redevelopment Authority
Lack of a convention headquarters hotel has been blamed for the Jackson Convention hotel complex losing $12 million in business last year. But the 330,000-square-foot complex has lost far more meetings and convention business since its late 2009 opening for reasons other than available hotel space, a study by H.C. Johnson Consulting of Chicago found.
H.C. Johnson, which specializes in real estate and hospitality sector research, did the study at the direction of the Jackson Redevelopment Authority. Charles Johnson, the firm’s principal, and JRA executive director Jason Brookins emphasized that…
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December 11th, 2011 at 11:59 am
90 million dollar hotel complex is not the answer. You can not just throw money at everything as a fix.