Convention Center & Hotels Impact Studies Owensboro, Kentucky HSP evaluated two separate private developers’ applications for the Kentucky Tourism Development Act (KTDA) tax incentive program to develop convention hotels next to a new convention and event center. HSP studied the viability of the convention center, as well as each hotel project, all three of which were funded and approved. The City of Owensboro is located along the Ohio River at the Kentucky and Indiana border. In 2008, the 600- room Executive Inn and its 140,000 square feet of exhibit space were demolished, due to the decline in maintenance of the property and its outdated facilities. The city then began the process of redeveloping a meeting and hotel complex. The hotels are a 150-room Hampton Inn and 120-room

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