Conference Center

The decision to sell the properties effectively ends the attempt by the Conference Center Consortium to place a $70 million hotel-conference center on that site near the David Street Station.

Three businesses placed their bids for the Ash Street properties (all exceeding their appraised values) on time and made their presentations to city council last month.

The proposals for a conference center repeatedly failed over the past 11 years.

The terminated lease marked the latest in the half-decade saga of city government's goal, largely driven by former City Manager John Patterson, of a conference center and hotel complex somewhere near downtown.

The developer's proposal at the Parkway Plaza so far includes a 40,000-square-foot facility would have a 25,000-square-foot ballroom plus offices and other rooms.

There may be a conference center-hotel complex in Casper.

Progress has stalled for the proposed conference center on the Platte River Commons, according to the chairman of the board that oversees the development of the former Amoco refinery property.

Hotel question has been up in the air for months.

The board that oversees the development of the former Amoco refinery property is still waiting for the final contract and figures of the proposed conference center.

The board that oversees the development of the former Amoco refinery property will hear about the scope and costs of the proposed conference center at its monthly meeting at 2435 King Blvd. at 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the board's agenda...