City, not County, is "on the hook" for hotel

Lancaster City has nothing to do with the "hotel tax", which is a County issue that makes the bond payments for the convention center and subsidizes its losses.

Lancaster City is on the hook for the hotel only. Don't be surprised if S. Dale High and/or Nevin Cooley come crying to City officials for more money, especially since Sen. Gib Armstrong refused Penn Square Partner's latest demands.

And if the hotel doesn't meet its overly optimistic projections, all bets are off as to how much City taxpayers will be stuck.