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Tahoe Blue Event Center reports strong first-year bookings and growing conference business; commissioners seek more fiscal detail
Summary
Tahoe Douglas Visitors Authority officials reported nearly 100 events and thousands of room nights in the first year of Tahoe Blue Event Center operations. Commissioners asked TDVA for clearer revenue/expense figures, ZIP-code attendee data and audited numbers to assess the center’s economic impact.
Officials from the Tahoe Douglas Visitors Authority (TDVA) and the Tahoe Blue Event Center told the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners on March 12 that the venue completed a challenging first year and that conferences and youth sports are driving weekday and shoulder-season demand.
Carol Chaplin, representing TDVA, and Kevin Boriski, general manager for Oak View Group (the venue operator), said the center opened in September 2023 after construction and permitting delays and delivered about 10 months of first-year revenue while still incurring startup costs. Kevin Boriski said the center hosted nearly 100 events in its first fiscal year and highlighted sellout concerts and national conferences.
“We had our first big conference and we had representation from 50 different states here in town,” Boriski said of a September event. He added the center’s conference business, which tends to occur during weekdays in…
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