Alabama court: plan for Gulf hotel violates law - Forbes.com

Alabama court: plan for Gulf hotel violates law - Forbes.com: "Riley's communications director, Jeff Emerson, said the ruling 'means Alabama will continue to lose millions of dollars every year in convention business to Florida.'

Conservation Department attorney Will Gunter agreed the ruling 'effectively kills the project' as planned because a 12-year lease would not be economically feasible for building a hotel.

For the Riley administration, the next step is trying to change the Concession Act."