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Federal Way approves $75,000 lodging-tax award for Pacific Raceways; council asks for better hotel-stay data
Summary
Council approved a $75,000 Tourism Enhancement (LTAC) award for Pacific Raceways after questioning promised hotel room nights and asking staff to track overnight stays with cell‑data and other metrics.
The Federal Way City Council on July 1 approved a $75,000 lodging-tax (LTAC) tourism enhancement award to Pacific Raceways and asked staff to improve how event-driven hotel stays are tracked.
Meredith Neal, the city’s economic development director, told the council the event is projected to generate “close to 6,000 overnight stays within the region” and estimated about 26,000 attendees for the three-day race weekend. “Of those, 50% of them, a little over 50% come from more than…
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