![]() ![]() In addition, the city is saying it wants to put in an additional $60 million to help the Hornets build a training facility at the bus station across the street. You might know that the city has reached a tentative deal with the Charlotte Hornets to renovate the Spectrum Center at a cost of about $215 million that would come from tourism tax revenue. Mecia: Well, Marshall, this was a discussion in front of the City Council that all came in the context of how the city pays for various projects and how it uses tourism tax money. Terry: So why is the city's economic development director making this suggestion? And also why now? ![]() That used to be Bank of America's daycare center. Right now it contains the parking deck for Discovery Place, as well as a building that Discovery Place uses for science education. It's between Sixth and Seventh streets and poplar and Church streets. Mecia: This is a block of land behind the main entrance to Discovery Place. Terry: Tony, what block are we talking about here? For more, "Morning Edition" host Marshall Terry talks to Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter for our segment Biz Worthy. During a meeting with city council members this week, Tracy Dodson, suggested the science museum sell a block of land it owns nearby to pay for the project. The city of Charlotte’s economic development director has proposed a new way to pay for long-planned renovations to Discovery Place uptown. ![]()
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