I just don't see a good argument for stopping anywhere other than the Fairgrounds. There is no way that the Meridian Hotels will provide the ridership necessary to justify, they would already have a combined shuttle line if it was really that valuable to those hotels. I do not think the city should be particularly concerned with connecting those hotels to downtown or even the fair grounds. I'd be okay with the city running a survey for patrons of the hotel and try and collect some info to try and divine ridership likelihood.

Otherwise, if the land/hotel owners are committed to re-framing the area and want to raise and invest about $300M worth of improvements for the area's walkability, general beauty, and baseline viability as a passable urban area, then we can talk. Until then, I'm very serious when I say it's not worth losing a single minute on the route schedule to stop there.