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City to seek "theme " hotel <br /> and convention center <br /> The City of Blaine has pang would be using the ho- <br /> decided that now is the time tel. Convention centers at <br /> to have a full-service hotel/ Rochester and St.Cloud will <br /> convention center in Blaine be asked for information <br /> and has formed a committee about the building and use of <br /> to pursue the ways and means the centers in those cities. <br /> to obtain such a facility. The S tate Department of <br /> At the first meeting of Tourism will becontactedfor <br /> the committee it was agreed information and possible <br /> that the City and the commu- funding assistance to do a <br /> nity would have to build the marketing study. <br /> convention center, the least _ <br /> profitable part of such an <br /> operation, as major hotel <br /> chains are no longer inter- <br /> ested in including them.The <br /> City would also be respon- <br /> sible for maintenance and <br /> operation of the convention <br /> center. <br /> The theme that would be <br /> used would incorporate the <br /> activities of the National <br /> Sports Center and the Anoka <br /> County-Blaine Airport. <br /> There are plans being made <br /> by a private company to build <br /> an airport museum display- <br /> ing the old planes that are <br /> being restored. An 18 hole <br /> golf course is also a possibil- <br /> ity,as well as another 9 hole <br /> course. <br /> Local businesses will be <br /> polled about the potential <br /> __�t umber of nights their coin- <br />