Convention Center

Only one council member voted against paying the project management team for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center at least $65 million.

With an estimated $2.5 billion in the development pipeline, downtown Fort Worth is set to begin a new period of construction that will reshape the area for the next decade.

Dallas moved forward with a funding plan Wednesday to replace its convention center and build new parks. City leaders said the plan would bridge downtown with South Dallas. And they hope it will right the wrong of decades of neglect and racism that isolated and segregated Black and Latino communities.

Dallas City Council approved a $2 billion plan for a new convention center on Wednesday with a 14-1 vote. The plan calls for replacing the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center with an entirely new building west of Lamar Street.

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By BJ Austin, KERA Newshttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kera/local-kera-993165.mp3Dallas, TX – The Omni Convention Center Hotel opens…