Sheraton’s impact worth risk despite hotel’s volatile past, mayor says
Mayor Paul Young said he thinks a hastily planned trip to see the Sheraton hotel’s current state before a Memphis City Council session played a role in convincing the body to approve each of the three resolutions. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The 39-year-old Sheraton hotel has a history of bond defaults, the first one a year after it opened.
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