1) Sam Merten delivers a Kirk-style flying leg kick with this revelation: City-Commissioned Study Says Dallas Convention Center Will Make More Money Without Headquarters Hotel
That is, the People’s Hotel is a net drain.
2) Pretty sure the $2.6 billion mentioned in the DMN’s editorial is the total impact of tourism in the Dallas area, not the potential impact new conventions if the People’s Hotel gets built. That figure pops up from time to time, but as even Mayor Leppert noted in his op-ed in the DBJ,
With a $2.6 billion annual economic impact, tourism is a big part of Dallas’ economic vitality.
3) Call from high on for Mayor Leppert to denounce the astroturf faux hipsters behind RIP Dallas, which has become a bit of a laughingstock in less than five days.