About the Fort Stockton Convention and Visitors Bureau
The City of Fort Stockton through the Fort Stockton Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) promotes and manages tourism for Fort Stockton.
Funding comes from local imposed Hotel/Motel taxes.
View the 2022 Hotel Occupancy Tax Report (PDF)
Download the Report of Hotel Occupancy Tax
The CVB is responsible for marketing Fort Stockton as a tourist destination via all forms of media including electronic, print advertising, billboards and brochure publication. The CVB manages and operates city-owned properties including the Historic Fort, the Grey Mule Saloon, and the Fort Stockton Visitor Center and Grounds.
In order to better manage the City’s tourism assets, the CVB contracts the Fort Stockton Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Stockton Historical Society to operate the Visitor Center and its Historic Sites.
Cooperative efforts between the CVB, Pecos County, the Fort Stockton Historical Society, the Fort Stockton Chamber of Commerce, local hotel/motel management, and local business allow for a cohesive and pleasant experience for all of the community’s visitors.
The CVB also funds Special Events and Conventions such as Water Carnival, Historic Fort Days, the Biannual International Silhouette Shooters Competition, athletic events, and educational conventions.
Multiple sites are available in Fort Stockton for meetings/conventions and the CVB assists with all aspects to ensure a successful event.
Upcoming or Recent Tourism Advisory Board Agenda:
February 12, 2025
THE FORT STOCKTON TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD WILL MEET FOR A REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 12th, 2025 AT 5:30 P.M.
HOST LOCATION:
2181 W 1-10
FORT STOCKTON, TX 79735
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS: Citizens who desire to address the Fort Stockton Tourism Advisory Board regarding matters on the agenda shall approach the podium when the item is to be considered. Discussion by Fort Stockton Tourism Advisory Board Members will only occur when an agenda item is scheduled for consideration. Prior to making comments, each speaker will be required to provide his/her name and residential address. Speakers will be limited to 3 minutes. Speakers making personal, impertinent, profane, or slanderous remarks will be removed from the Convention Center Board Room and will be removed from meeting and not allowed re-entry.
- Call to Order
Presentations:
- Big Bend Open Road Race Funding Request – Crystal Lopez
- Pop Warner Funding Request and Report – Ruby Bernal
Regular Business:
- Monthly Reports:
- Update on Chamber of Commerce
- January 2025
- Update on Annie Riggs Memorial Museum & Historic Fort
- January 2025
- Update on Chamber of Commerce
- Discuss/Act upon previous meeting minutes.
- Meeting Minutes for regular meeting on November 13th, 2024
- Minutes for Special Meeting on January 14th, 2025
- Discuss/Act upon Financial Statement, Accounts Payable, and Occupancy Tax
- November 2024
- December 2024
- January 2025
- Discuss/Act upon Comanche Springs Rodeo Funding Request
- Discuss/Act upon Kairo Ministry Event Report.
- Discuss/Act upon Kairo Ministry Event Funding Request
- Discuss/Act upon Pop Warner Request and Report
- Discuss/Act upon Big Bend Open Road Race Funding Request
- CVB Staff Report
- Questions and answers from media on Agenda Items.
- Adjourn
Tourism Advisory Board Reserves the Right to Consider Business Regardless of the Sequence of Posted Items & May Vote &/or Act Upon Each of the Items Listed in this Agenda. At Any Time During the Meeting or Work Session and in Compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Government Code, Vernon’s Texas Codes, Annotated, the Tourism Advisory Board May Meet in Executive Session on Any of the Agenda Items or Other Lawful Items for Consultation Concerning Attorney-Client Matters (§551.071); Deliberation Regarding Real Property (§551.072); Deliberation Regarding Prospective Gifts (§551.073); Personnel Matters (§551.074); Deliberation Regarding Security Devices (§551.076); and Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations (§551.087). Any Subject Discussed in Executive Session May be Subject to Action during an Open Meeting.
This facility is wheelchair accessible & parking spaces are available. Request accommodation or interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact the Tourism Advisory Board office at (432)299-1220 for further information.