新奥尔良市议会批准6.25亿美元Omni总部酒店代缴税协议
路易斯安那州奥尔良堂区新奥尔良市消息：新奥尔良市议会11月5日批准一项决议，授权与拟建的6.25亿美元Omni总部酒店达成代缴税协议，为这座位于欧内斯特·N·莫里亚尔会展中心的大型酒店项目扫清关键障碍。决议由市议会副主席马修·威拉德提出，协议规定酒店开发方以代缴税款代替缴纳地方房产税，款项按既定公式支付给奥尔良堂区校董会与市内其他征税机构，并附带保障本地就业的基准要求。酒店规划包括1000多间客房与约10万平方英尺的会议活动空间，预计创造约2500个建筑岗位和1400个永久岗位，每年新增约800万美元地方税收。市议会表示，该项目将吸引更多会议与休闲游客，壮大新奥尔良的酒店业与会展经济。酒店开发方此前已与市政府就税收与用工协议进行了多轮谈判。
（来源：新奥尔良市议会）
New Orleans City Council Approves Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Deal for $625 Million Omni Headquarters Hotel
NEW ORLEANS, Orleans Parish, Louisiana - The New Orleans City Council voted on November 5 to approve a resolution authorizing a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement for the planned $625 million Omni headquarters hotel, clearing a key hurdle for the large hotel project at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The resolution, introduced by Council Vice President Matthew Willard, provides that the developer will make payments in lieu of local property taxes under a set formula to the Orleans Parish School Board and other taxing bodies in the city, with benchmark requirements to protect local employment attached. The hotel is planned with more than 1,000 rooms and about 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space, and is expected to create about 2,500 construction jobs and 1,400 permanent jobs while adding roughly $8 million a year in local tax revenue. The council said the project would draw more convention and leisure visitors and strengthen the city's hotel and convention economy. The developer had previously held several rounds of talks with the city over the tax and employment terms.
(Source: New Orleans City Council)
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