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Thursday, July 23, 2015

O'Malley Pushed For Publicly Funded Hotel That's Been Losing Money

In 2008, construction was completed on the 757-room Baltimore Hilton, a $305 million publicly-funded hotel spearheaded by Baltimore’s mayor at the time, Martin O’Malley. The hotel, in seven years of operation, has never turned a profit. The best year of operation saw a $2.9 million loss.

“It’s the biggest boondoggle ever. It’s hemorrhaging money every year and has less-than-stellar performance,” Democratic Maryland state Sen. James Brochin told The Daily Caller.

Originally intended to draw revenue from a supposed untapped convention market in Baltimore, the Hilton Hotel project slowly began losing money when conventions passed on Baltimore for other locations such as Austin, Texas and nearby Washington, D.C.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

That apology still puzzles me,and his list of stupid is bound to continue.

Anonymous said...

But O'Malley isn't the one who did this.
He can't pass laws.
That would be the General Assembly, and many of those who thought it was such a good idea for the gummint to go into the hotel business are still there.
They are the ones who need your attention.

Anonymous said...

It won't turn a profit because it is to expensive and no one wants to live there.

Anonymous said...

Actually it was O'Malley who pushed this through our idiot legislature. As I recall, the governor also has the power of veto. He could have stopped it.

Anonymous said...

This was one of omalleys crowing achievements. Image what he would do to the US if elected president.

Anonymous said...

Agreed. The only problem is that only we Marylanders know what be really is. The rest of the country may be duped. Just like Mike Lewis. Nobody really knows how he runs his out fit. That he is really a worthless racist. They don't live here yet the rest of the country is eating him up.

Anonymous said...

Can't he just shut up and retire. Worthless pos.