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Article: Deal to Rename Broward County, Fla., Convention Center Falls Apart.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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- October 19, 2000
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Oct. 19--A controversial $900,000-a-year deal to name Broward County's convention center after The Herald collapsed Wednesday over a proposal to increase ticket prices.
The proposal included a component that would place a $1 refundable surcharge on consumer show tickets, with the revenue -- estimated at about $400,000 a year -- flowing into the newspaper's charity wing.
Several county commissioners, who had to approve the deal, objected to that component earlier this week after fielding angry phone calls from consumer show producers. The Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau and its negotiating firm, the Bonham Group, went back to The Herald to ...