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UNCONVENTIONAL.
Convention centers are supposed to revive cities by bringing in revenue from out-of-town visitors and creating local jobs. But the more gargantuan they become the less happily they fit into the places they are intended to benefit. In terms of architectural beauty, the convention center these days ranks somewhere close to the aircraft hangar, and for some of the same reasons: both must provide acres of space for a continually shifting configuration of objects, and cater to a temporary crowd of people whose minds are on other things. Putting one of these megaliths into the heart of a city is like trying to dock the Queen Mary in the local marina.
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- LVCVA puts breaks on planned expansion of convention center.(AROUND THE WORLD:...
- Magazine article from: IGWB: International Gaming & Wagering Business April 1, 2009 700+ words
...recommended suspending an $890 million expansion and renovation of the city's convention center. The master plan to renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center includes an updating of infrastructure, utilities and aesthetics, an additional...
- SPORTS AND CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITIES IN MAJOR PRIVATIZATION MOVE NAME SMG...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 13, 1995 700+ words
...existing Atlantic City Convention Centers, the Atlantic City...firm in the field of convention center management, currently...the Miami Beach Convention Center, and the Denver Convention Center. The announcement...
- Space jam: Toney Sleiman says the city needs a new convention center, and he...
- Magazine article from: Florida Trend Brooks, Jeff November 1, 2006 700+ words
...whether Jacksonville needs a new convention center. In August, Sleiman proposed building...their site, which could include a convention center, but would need to resolve several...rooms. Critics of the Prime Osborn Convention Center, a converted railroad terminal...
- Battle over Vicksburg convention center continues: Warren County residents...
- Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal Prestridge, Sam March 9, 1992 700+ words
...upcoming referendum on a proposed convention center may prevent the city from building...need for the facility than how the convention center is to be paid for. An earlier bill...opponents of the bill say that a convention center may not be needed, and even if it...
- AmeriTel Official Has Doubts about Idaho Falls Convention Center Plan.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Fadness, Gene July 16, 1998 700+ words
...tenant to operate the convention center," Everett said...hotel right next to the convention center? Then we'll be funding...go up next door to the convention center. In fact, convention centers here and in Pocatello...
- Convention-center plan draws jeers.(Business)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Reath, Viki October 31, 1997 700+ words
...among U.S. convention centers - based on...constructing a convention center that will...of largest convention centers, "is a...t use." Convention-center project manager...Washington Convention Center Authority, said that convention centers ...
- Chicago Suburb Seeks Finance Scheme for $282M Convention Center Complex.
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Shields, Yvette July 22, 2003 700+ words
...of building convention center hotels. While the convention centers are often...host either convention center facilities...developed convention centers -- some with...McCormick Place convention center, according...
- AURORA STUDYING POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING ITS OWN CONVENTION CENTER.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Amole, Tustin July 1, 1997 700+ words
...Denver's present convention center opened in 1990 at a...said Rich Grant, convention center spokesman. ``As big convention centers pick up business...factor in the Colorado Convention Center's success has been...
