An important part of that will be to double the size of the exhibition space to 600,000 sf from 300,000 sf.
Webb met with representatives from Hyatt Regency, Marriott, Sheraton, Loews and Starwood.
''They were all very excited,'' Liz Orr, who heads special projects for Webb tells GlobeSt.com. ''Many of them had done deals like this in other cities, and so were very comfortable with the idea of the city owning the hotel.''
Still, Webb set three demands:
* The hotel operator must be willing to let the workers decide if they want to unionize, which would make it the only union hotel Downtown.
* They need to look at several sites for the hotel.
* The winner must also demonstrate that it has a good track record as far as hiring women and minorities.
Last month, Webb pulled the plug on a deal with Denver developer Bruce Berger to develop a 1,100-room Hyatt on a full block he owns at 14th and California streets, across from the convention center. The city may still decide that is the best site for the hotel, but also is looking at several other parcels.
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