KRISTOFFAR NELSON

(612) 294-2005
knelson@cslintl.com

Project Manager, CSL International

Education: B.S. in Finance, University of Minnesota

Mr. Nelson has been a part of CSL's consulting team since 2001, and currently serves as a Project Manager. His experience has included numerous convention and event facility and visitor industry studies across the country and in the United Kingdom. These studies have included a wide variety of visitor-generating facilities, including convention centers, conference centers, exhibition centers, arenas, performing arts theaters, other spectator venues, recreational sports facilities and complexes, hotels, museums, and other such facilities. In addition, he has participated in projects involving operational, policy and coordination aspects of convention and visitor bureaus and convention center facilities.

Kristoffar's experience has included research and planning during the early stages of strategic planning, performing various market demand, comparable/competitive facility, industry trends, local market, demographic and socioeconomic analyses, as well as analysis related to the economic and fiscal impacts, financial operations, program and funding of various public assembly facilities and hotels.

The result of Mr. Nelson's work has included detailed reports on facility planning, operational and development recommendations, financing options and financial feasibility. Such analysis has comprised in-depth research of visitor amenity inventories (hotels, restaurants, entertainment, etc.), tax impacts and generation, convention and visitors bureau and convention facility organizational structures, policies and procedures, facility and organization operations, site evaluation and convention and visitor industry marketing practices.

Mr. Nelson has participated in more than 80 convention and visitor industry, arena, civic and other public assembly facility projects.

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