The big question: Is a convention center needed?

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK);  March 8, 2007 ;     538 words ......our discussions about the proposed convention center in Edmond. First we fought about...started arguing about how to fund the convention center. The Edmond School District and an...asking it: Does Edmond really need a convention center? Sure, the Edmond Economic Development...

New Hartford, Conn., convention center touted as a technological marvel.

Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT);  May 29, 2005 ;     787 words ......the back ramp to the Connecticut Convention Center, moves right into the building, and...with his laptop to connect to the convention center's computer network, which can move...capabilities of Hartford's new $271 million convention center are very real. This tale of a hypothetical...

The CONVENTION CENTER GUIDE for DUMMIES; Spelling Out the Whole Miserable...

Philadelphia Weekly;  March 5, 2003 ;   Anonymous;   787 words ......ere's some kind of trouble over at the Convention Center. Union price gouging, fistfights...read yet another of the bazillion Convention Center articles pumped out by our two well-meani...don't have to. What follows is PW's Convention Center Guide for Dummies. Please try to...

Convention center off city's calendar.(Cleveland to focus on ailing...

Crain's Cleveland Business;  February 11, 2002 ;   Bennett, David;   787 words ...A downtown convention center has slipped far down the to-...who said construction of a convention center should take a back seat to...to keep people employed. A convention center is not on my mind.'' Neither...

Las Cruces, N.M., officials rethink convention center plans.

Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, NM);  July 11, 2004 ;     787 words ......lodgers appeared strong, the proposed convention center was something supporters had hoped...if the complexities of building a convention center will change. But Mattiace did promise...volume of information about a proposed convention center will increase. All of the information...

Convention Center expansion uncertain

Philadelphia Tribune, The;  May 3, 2002 ;   Goss, Scott;   787 words ......commitment to expand the Pennsylvania Convention Center is in place by November, according...464 million expansion until the convention center improves its poor record of return...nothing new in Philadelphia. The convention center officials have been campaigning for...

OP-ED; Convention center facts vs. fictions.(Editorial)

The Boston Herald;  July 23, 2001 ;   Chieppo, Charles D.;   787 words ......impartial study of the need for a new convention center were dashed last month when the Greater...outcome of the debate over building the convention center now seems clear for the first time...on which the decision to build the convention center was based - had proven to be ...

Meeting Expectations; New Convention Center Has Its Hardest Work Ahead of...

The Washington Post;  March 29, 2004 ;   Dana Hedgpeth;   787 words ......operations, the $834 million Washington Convention Center at Mount Vernon Square got a handful...been too big for the smaller, older convention center across the street. That helped boost...and the impact of war. But now the convention center's real work is about to begin, as...

Convention center equation

The Boston Globe;  September 27, 1996 ;   Joan Vennochi, Globe Staff;   619 words ...The debate over building a convention center is finally starting to focus on the...derails support for a publicly funded convention center, to be run by the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority. Public funding has always...

Convention Center to upgrade its technology

Philadelphia Tribune, The;  October 30, 1998 ;     599 words ...Philadelphia Tribune, The 10-30-1998 Convention Center to upgrade its technology The Pennsylvania Convention Center is investing $700,000 over the...all mean? "It means that the Convention Center will be capable of meeting the...

Pact may end Convention Center's labor squabbles

Philadelphia Tribune, The;  January 12, 2001 ;   Jones, Ayana;   787 words ......The 01-12-2001 Pact may end Convention Center's labor squabbles By Ayana...decorators and the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority met Thursday at...to sign the Pennsylvania Convention Center Project Labor Agreement...

Convention Center Events Control Fate of Ontario, Calif., Hotels.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 3, 1999 ;   Berkman, Leslie;   752 words ......to boost business at the Ontario Convention Center and surrounding hotels, according...Stroh today officially takes over the convention center and the city's visitors and convention...employees. In the past, Stroh said, the convention center's sales staff focused almost exclusively...

Columbia, S.C., Convention Center Plan Applauded, Questioned.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 5, 1999 ;   Collins, Lisa M.;   742 words ......cities in the United States without a convention center, and it's losing up to $14.6 million...dollar meeting place. A Midlands convention center could compete with Myrtle Beach...feasibility of the area's proposed convention center. McClendon was hired in September...

Backers now call convention center plan 'unrealistic'.

The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colorado) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  April 29, 2005 ;     787 words ......29--A downtown Colorado Springs convention center is dead for now, and it's uncertain...s ability to pay for and build a convention center, project backers notified the SpringsCity...could signal voter opposition to a convention center tax increase at a future election...

Convention center sanitation: Info flow is key.(Special Report)

Waste News;  June 6, 2005 ;   Johnson, Jim;   659 words ......for the folks keeping the Las Vegas Convention Center neat and tidy. The convention center, which hosts nearly 100 conventions...Thousands of people converge on the convention center during these shows, including Waste...