Bill Text: HI SCR35 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hawaii Convention Center; Hotel; HTA Feasibility Study

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-16 - (H) Referred to TOU, HED, FIN, referral sheet 66 [SCR35 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SCR35-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	35
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the Hawaii Tourism Authority to study the feasibility of developing a hotel above the Hawaii Convention Center facility.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the Hawaii Convention Center is a $350,000,000 state project that was completed in October 1997; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Hawaii Convention Center, located at the entrance to Waikiki, was designed to convey a "Hawaiian Sense of Place"; and

 

     WHEREAS, the facility includes a 35,000 square foot registration lobby, 200,000 square foot exhibition hall, nearly 150,000 square feet of meeting space, including two presentation theaters, a 35,000 square foot ballroom, 20,000 square foot production kitchen, and 2.5 acre landscaped rooftop garden, with 700 parking stalls available on the premises; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Hawaii Convention Center also provides a wide array of technology and telecommunications equipment and services for convention planners and attendees; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Hawaii Convention Center has received a continued stream of awards for all aspects of convention management, and is a winner of thirteen consecutive Prime Site Awards for 1999-2011 from Facilities & Destinations Magazine; and

 

     WHEREAS, three of the Hawaii Convention Center's largest meetings of 2011 made significant contributions to Hawaii schools, hospitals, nonprofit organizations, and communities, all while attracting more than 25,000 participants from around the world, resulting in more than $120,000,000 in state revenue; and

 

     WHEREAS, the location of the Hawaii Convention Center and the many amenities it offers may provide additional opportunities for an expansion of convention-related initiatives; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Hawaii Tourism Authority is requested to study the feasibility of developing a hotel above the Hawaii Convention Center facility, including the consideration of the following:

 

     (1)  Site and other logistical issues related to the development of a hotel facility at this location, including traffic and infrastructure demands;

 

     (2)  Jurisdictional, permitting, design, construction, and funding requirements;

 

     (3)  Interest by private sector developers;

 

     (4)  Public-private partnerships for development and operations of such a hotel, including a partnership with the University of Hawaii School of Travel Industry Management for the provision of internships, externships, and other professional development opportunities for students enrolled in the school and the operation of a learning facility at such a hotel; and

 

     (5)  Any other pertinent issues that may have a direct or indirect impact on the development of such a hotel facility; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hawaii Tourism Authority is requested to report the findings and results of the feasibility study, including any recommendations requiring legislative approval, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2013; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Executive Director of the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Dean of the University of Hawaii School of Travel Industry Management.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Hawaii Convention Center; Hotel; HTA Feasibility Study