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Burlington-area businesses, chambers press state task force to study convention‑center feasibility
Summary
Local hoteliers, industry groups and chambers told the Vermont House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development on May 7 that a state-led study should examine whether a convention center or performance facility could capture more midweek business and retain large meetings now going out of state.
Business and tourism leaders told the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee May 7 that Vermont should study whether a convention center or performance facility could expand midweek demand, support anchor industries and keep larger meetings in-state.
"The data were $4,000,000,000 industry, employing about 30,000 people in the state of Vermont," Hans Van Ruiz, managing director of Westport Hospitality, said, describing tourism's scale in Vermont and arguing that a well-sited convention center could capture meetings currently going to other New England states.
Witnesses said feasibility…
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