Here’s what the city’s overnight stay at Bass Pro cost taxpayers
The city spent more than $8,000 on hotel rooms, food and meeting space atBass Pro Shops at the Pyramid, according to receipts. (Neil Strebig/The Daily Memphian file)
The City of Memphis’ overnight executive retreat at Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid cost taxpayers more than $18,000, according to records obtained by The Daily Memphian.
The Daily Memphian reported July 21 that the city paid Consilience Group, a Memphis consulting firm, $10,000 to facilitate the one-and-a-half-day retreat. On Monday, Aug. 4, the city fulfilled a Daily Memphian records request for the event’s Bass Pro receipts.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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