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Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through The Albuquerque Journal's website.
The Albuquerque Journal reports on a ground breaking of a $12 million visitor center on West Central Route 66 being built in Bernalillo County, NM. A recent study by Economic & Planning Systems Inc. shows the facility will likely run at a deficit for at least three years and require subsidies to cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual operating costs. Bernalillo County is scheduled to break ground this year on a $12 million-plus visitor center on West Central that the county has said is expected to generate enough money to sustain itself.Albuquerque Journal staff writer Jessica Dyer says in her article that County Commissioner Steven Michael Quezada contends it will not take years to achieve sustainability since the community is already clamoring for the space. Bernalillo County, the city of Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico have collectively pumped millions of dollars into the project, which is supposed to include a museum, gift shop, taproom, banquet room, large kitchen, amphitheater and parking lot designed to accommodate drive-in movies. Find more info regarding the New Mexico Route 66 Visit Center here.
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