Hoteliers weigh in on city-proposed hotel

BOULDER – Plans for a new convention center and five-story hotel in Boulder are getting at least an initial welcome from some local hoteliers.

“The competition is OK by me,” says Dan King, who manages the Boulder Outlook Hotel & Suites on 28th Street in Boulder. “Sometimes it’s helpful to the other hotels when a new one comes in with higher rates.”

Reportedly, the average price for a room at the hotel located next to the convention center would be about $150 a night. However, King says that price is “in the neighborhood” of other existing nearby hotels in Boulder.

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