Conference Center

Tom Morton, Townsquare Media  The board that oversees the development of the former Amoco refinery will hear about the scope and costs of the proposed conference center next month, with construction beginning next year, its chairman said Wednesday.

The booming energy industry gives hope for the board that oversees the former Amoco refinery and tank farm sites. The businesses that support oil and gas development need land to establish or expand their operations And the Amoco Reuse Agreement Joint Powers Board has the ready-to-go land they need, chairman Bryce Row said...

Casper City Council gave formal approval Tuesday to a pass-through lease agreement that will likely lead to the development and construction of a conference center on a former Amoco refinery site west of Casper’s downtown Old Yellowstone District...

A proposed 200-room hotel and state-of-the-art conference center complex may soon come to fruition on riverside Amoco Platte River Commons property west of the city’s downtown core. On Tuesday, Casper City Council gave informal approval to a draft of a so-called pass-through lease agreement, where the city would spend just over $5 million to lease the land from the Amoco Reuse Agreement Joint Powe

Dreams of a conference center and luxury hotel complex in Casper were shot down again Thursday after the Wyoming State Land Investment Board voted against a $5 million funding proposal that would have been put toward needed infrastructure improvements at the proposed conference center site...

Casper mayor Kenyne Schlager, who supported the downtown conference center plan, says she believes council, in general, favors the construction of a conference center somewhere in Casper.

City officials announced Thursday that they will stop pursuing a plan to develop a $50 million conference center in the downtown area.

Casper City Council has taken another step toward the possible development of a $50 million hotel and conference center in downtown Casper. Council narrowly approved a $315,000 purchase of property located off South David St. on Tuesday night...

On Monday, Casper City Council narrowly approved the purchase of a $650,000 lot in Casper’s downtown area that the city hopes will facilitate the development of a sprawling $50 million hotel and conference center. In a proposal made last week, the city will build a $12 million conference center on the property, but only if it can lure a hotel operator into the deal to build a 200-room, $30 million

Casper City Council took a symbolic first step toward what some council members believe will be a critical redevelopment driver for downtown Casper. On Monday, Casper City Council approved a $650,000 property purchase with the hope of using the property to catalyze the construction of a sprawling downtown hotel and conference center complex...