Report: 2012 MML conference leaves Springfield for Branson

The Missouri Municipal League has chosen Branson over Springfield for its 2012 annual conference, which typically brings about 1,000 people, KSPR reports.

The group previously rotated its conference location between four Missouri cities: Springfield, Kansas City, St. Louis and Lake of the Ozarks. The event was held in Springfield in 2008 and was slated to return in 2012, but an official with the group recently raised concerns about hotel space.

KSPR cites meeting minutes from the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau in which group representative Gary Markinson said the MML had planned on returning to Springfield on the promise of a new John Q. Hammons hotel next to the Springfield Expo Center. Since then, the hotel project has been delayed and there no longer is a set completion date.

MML officials were concerned that their delegates would be split in different hotels, according to the report.[[In-content Ad]]