77-1014. Lodging, defined.
(1) Lodging means any lodging facility with the following attributes:
(a) The facility constitutes a portion of an approved project and represents less than fifty percent of the total approved cost of the tourism attraction project, or the facility is to be located on recreational property owned or leased by the state or the federal government and has received prior approval from the appropriate state or federal agency;
(b) The facility utilizes a historical redevelopment; or
(c) The facility involves the construction, reconstruction, restoration, rehabilitation, or upgrade of a full-service lodging facility having not less than two hundred fifty guestrooms, with reconstruction, restoration, rehabilitation, or upgrade costs exceeding the minimum. The hotel facilities or attached conference facility must also include a minimum of fifteen thousand square feet of net function space, including exhibit space, ballrooms, meeting rooms, or lecture halls.
(2) 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.
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