An ambitious plan is being aired in Phoenix to create what would be the city’s Entertainment District.
The plan comes by way of the Phoenix Convention Center, which is located at 100 N 3rd Street, and includes the expansion of the center itself, as well as the construction of a new hotel.
Officials with the center have long wanted to create a kind of entertainment district in order to attract visitors to the downtown area and mulled the possibility of a market feasibility study two years ago.
Similar projects have been launched in other U.S. cities and typically include restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels. According to published reports, the Phoenix entertainment district would be expected to feature up to 800 hotel rooms.
Plans now call for a nonprofit group called Visit Phoenix to work with the convention center on a plan for building the district.
By Garry Boulard
