ROSENBERG, Texas (KTRK) -- The mayor of Rosenberg is defending the decision to approve an Epicenter hotel tax deal that includes thousands of dollars worth of tickets and parking for city employees.

EPICENTER HOTEL AGREEMENT GOES BEYOND TAX DOLLARS

For more than a year, Rosenberg Mayor William Benton said the county has been talking with the city about an agreement to expand the Epicenter, just two years after it opened, by adding a hotel and convention center.

Documents show the project will cost $240 million.

The county plans to spend $170 million on it. To help with costs, they wanted the city of Rosenberg to allocate the hotel tax from the new facility to the project.

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