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Fargo committee refines RFP criteria: attached hotel, at least 50,000 sq ft contiguous meeting space suggested; minimum kitchen and storage sized
Summary
The Fargo Convention Center Committee refined draft RFP criteria, keeping a requirement for an attached hotel of 150–200 rooms and focusing on a large, contiguous ballroom/exhibit space and operational minimums such as a 6,000-square-foot kitchen and substantial storage.
The Fargo Convention Center Committee discussed and revised the draft RFP criteria for developers, focusing on site capacity, a hotel attachment, conceptual building program, and development-team experience.
Committee members agreed to keep as a requirement an attached hotel in the 150–200-room range and to seek contiguous ballroom/exhibit space large enough to host major events; discussion coalesced around a single, divisible space of roughly 40,000–50,000 square feet, with some members proposing a 50,000-square-foot minimum for planning purposes.
Jim Gilmore, speaking about development-team evaluation, said the city will require evidence of developers’ and operators’ capacity to complete the hotel and restaurant elements so the convention center is…
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