![]() ![]() In addition, the city is saying it wants to put in an additional $60 million to help the Hornets build a training facility at the bus station across the street. You might know that the city has reached a tentative deal with the Charlotte Hornets to renovate the Spectrum Center at a cost of about $215 million that would come from tourism tax revenue. ![]() Mecia: Well, Marshall, this was a discussion in front of the City Council that all came in the context of how the city pays for various projects and how it uses tourism tax money. Terry: So why is the city's economic development director making this suggestion? And also why now? That used to be Bank of America's daycare center. Right now it contains the parking deck for Discovery Place, as well as a building that Discovery Place uses for science education. It's between Sixth and Seventh streets and poplar and Church streets. Mecia: This is a block of land behind the main entrance to Discovery Place. Terry: Tony, what block are we talking about here? For more, "Morning Edition" host Marshall Terry talks to Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter for our segment Biz Worthy. During a meeting with city council members this week, Tracy Dodson, suggested the science museum sell a block of land it owns nearby to pay for the project. ![]() The city of Charlotte’s economic development director has proposed a new way to pay for long-planned renovations to Discovery Place uptown. ![]()
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