| Actually this was tied into the last bailout of Boot Hill
A requirement of the CFAB giving money last year to Boot Hill Museum was that a consultant be cooperated with by all venues in Dodge. This was a way to be fair to the many venues that didn't get to apply for CFAB public sales tax money. It was expanded to all venues, including city owned sites. It is the first time that all have worked so closely together to try and maximize historical tourism and related venues.
It is a drop in the bucket, re the $100,000s of dollars that have gone to save Boot Hill. It is better to plan than just bail-out. Three very bright, experienced professionals were involved. One has both managed the pro-rodeo museum in Colorado and, during the good days, the Cowtown museum in Wichita, etc -- ie., they know our market and area.
If the venues don't accept and work with the advice given, at least that will be a line-in-the-dirt re future emergency demands for money. And that would save us a lot of money from public tax funds in the future.
The amount being spent on the consultants is, in total, less than half the recent additional amount given to Boot Hill Museum. And that's just the recent amount -- not the about $400,000 plus given in the last two years. Sounds like a deal to me. It is also much less than the amount being debated to back the World of Outlaws event -- and that's just one venue and one event, although I think important to the future of Dodge City Race Way's success.
But you are right on one point -- few consultants have had their advice taken by CFAB/cit/county in the last 10-years or the events center would have been finished by 1999 or so. And for $20 million, including horses ....  | 
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