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Harlingen approves convention center operating budget; developers report stronger-than-expected early revenues and hotel construction progress
Summary
The Harlingen City Commission approved the Huntington Convention Center operating budget for fiscal 2020. Operators reported stronger early revenues than projected, and the adjacent hotel remains under construction with an opening targeted for late July 2020.
The Harlingen City Commission approved the operating budget for the Huntington Convention Center for the fiscal year covering October 2019 through September 2020.
BC Lynn Hospitality representatives presented the budget and a construction update on the hotel being built next to the convention center. Brandon Rainey, CEO of BC Lynn Hospitality, and Jeff Hamill, general manager of the Harlingen Convention Center, told commissioners the hotel is in its fourth month of construction and crews expected to place the third-floor…
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