Convention center siting — Civic Center vs. Bruhalla
Fargo
Summary
Voters approved a 3% lodging tax in 2024 for a convention center, and after 18 months of process the commission chose the downtown Civic Center site 4-1. The decision avoids a $2 million demolition, plugs into existing parking and skyways, and leaves the Bruhalla site — and a possible performing arts center at the Civic Center — for future discussion.
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Last discussed Jun 24, 2026.
Impact analysis
Roughly $40 million in bonding backed by the 3% lodging tax; the downtown plan would use the existing Riverfront TIF and avoid a $2 million demolition.
Downtown businesses, which lined up 30 supporters behind the Civic Center site, and visitors to a unified civic campus.
Bruhalla-area proponents and, under Kolpack's argument, future generations if the Civic Center site's broader potential is consumed.
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