Hall of Fame is a Lock
From the get-go I have thought Charlotte NC has been the front runner to host NASCAR’s future Hall of Fame. The area has the history, infrastructure (including a future “NASCAR monorail” suggested by Bruton Smith) and now the cash.
The North Carolina Senate gave its final approval Monday to a temporary 2 percent increase in the Charlotte hotel room tax to help fund construction of a proposed NASCAR hall of fame.Charlotte, Atlanta and Kansas City, Kan., are among the cities that want to host the hall, which could bring 400,000 to 500,000 visitors to the state annually. All must make their proposals to NASCAR by May 31.
The bill, approved 42-4 and now headed to the House for consideration, would give Charlotte the authority to raise the local occupancy tax from 6 percent to 8 percent.
The revenues would help finance the museum and a new ballroom for the Charlotte convention center, next to the proposed site.
Atlanta and Kansas City officials should use the old George Burns line, “Say goodnight Gracie.”
It’s all over but the groundbreaking.
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