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Article: Convention center draws local wedding receptions
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- July 2, 2001
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About a year after the Hawai'i Convention Center was opened up to local events, a handful of people are taking advantage of the opportunity to hold their wedding receptions in the same space usually reserved for wedding expos.
On the heels of the first reception that was held at the convention center in May, two weddings are scheduled this month for the $350 million facility.
"I think it's dandy," said Bob Fishman, head of the Hawaiian Tourism Authority, which manages the convention center. "I think it's a great idea. There are some parts of it that are just perfect."
Since its official opening in June 1998, the convention center had played host to very few local events. But on June 30 last ...