Entertainment destination center means a facility containing a minimum of two hundred thousand square feet of gross leasable area adjacent or complementary to an existing tourism attraction, an approved tourism development project, or a convention facility, and which provides a variety of entertainment and leisure options that contain at least six full-service restaurants and at least three additional entertainment venues, including, but not limited to, live entertainment, multiplex theaters, large-format theaters, motion simulators, family entertainment centers, concert halls, virtual reality or other interactive games, museums, exhibitions, or other cultural and leisure-time activities. Entertainment, food, and drink options and adjacent lodging shall occupy a minimum of sixty percent of the total gross area. Other retail stores shall occupy no more than forty percent of the total gross area.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 77-1009

  • Lodging: includes a lodging facility constructed as part of a development prior to the construction of retail development or a tourism attraction under the Nebraska Advantage Transformational Tourism and Redevelopment Act. See Nebraska Statutes 77-1014
  • Project: means the acquisition, including the acquisition of real estate by a leasehold interest with a minimum term of ten years, construction, and equipping of a tourism attraction or redevelopment project. See Nebraska Statutes 77-1017
  • Tourism attraction: means a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for the inherent or exhibited cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, or amusement opportunities, such as historical places, monuments, zoos, aquaria, museums, art galleries, botanical gardens, skyscrapers, parks, forests, natural recreation areas, theme parks, ethnic enclaves, historic transportation, and landmarks. See Nebraska Statutes 77-1025