MOBILE, Ala. AP – A legal dispute over plans for a four-star hotel on state beachfront property awaits an Alabama Supreme Court decision while tourism officials say it already has cost millions in lost business on the coast.
The justices are weighing whether to allow the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to proceed with a lease of its beach property to Auburn University, or to strike down the deal over complaints about state leases, competitive bidding and high-priced rooms.
