“It's going to bring an awful lot of people to town. That brings new money into the community. I think you're going to see more hotels built, and you'll certainly see more restaurants.”
“We need to be able to increase our efforts and the efforts of the CVB to sell the Convention Center. This is a huge investment for the state, and we need to make sure it pays off.”
“We're paying more, we're offering great benefits, we're doing everything we can think of, but it's hard getting people to come back. I think a lot of people just aren't interested in returning right now.”