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Populous market study recommends 1,500-seat arena, hotel and 300 stalls; commissioners approve buying portable stalls for fairgrounds
Summary
A Populous market-demand study presented recommended a 1,500-seat multipurpose arena, meeting space and a conference hotel for the Extraco Event Center campus; commissioners approved buying temporary stalls for the fairgrounds at about $291,000 with freight contingent.
The McLennan County Commissioners Court on March 18 accepted a market-demand report from Populous and authorized a capital purchase of portable livestock/equine stalls for the Extraco (Heart O’ Texas) Event Center.
Populous and Hunden (market consultant) presented a draft market-demand and site recommendations that call for a 1,500-seat flexible multipurpose arena with a minimum 125-by-300-foot floor, roughly 4,000 square feet of meeting space and a conference hotel (dual-branded) on the campus to support events. The consultants also recommended space and infrastructure to…
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