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To help revitalize downtown Raleigh, city and county leaders agreed to tear down the aging convention center and replace it with a new facility and a Marriott hotel.
The economic trouble that is causing so many headaches is affecting business at the newly opened Raleigh Convention Center, which isn't seeing as many visitors as officials want.
Many companies and associations nationwide are shying away from larger, more expensive cities for convention in favor of places the size of Raleigh, officials said.
In the standard caution against using elevators during a fire, the word "emergency" is spelled with out the "g."
Director of Convention Sales Laurie Okun said Raleigh has used incentives, including price cuts on rooms, to sway some groups to choose Raleigh over East Coast competitors.
Celebrations surrounding Raleigh's new convention center continued Wednesday evening with a formal gala honoring everyone who has been instrumental in creating the landmark.
Organizers of Raleigh Wide Open said they were expecting up to 100,000 people to visit. Given how the day began, that shows they are solid optimists.
The convention center that opens Friday in downtown Raleigh is a local landmark in energy efficiency.
After six years of planning and three years of construction, the Raleigh Convention Center will open Sept. 5 amid the concerts, parades and crowds of the Raleigh Wide Open weekend festival.
The $221 million project rolls out the red carpet to visitors, hoping they will spend money around town to create an economic ripple effect.
City leaders and business owners say Raleigh's $221 million investment in a new convention center will reap economic benefits for the capital.
Legendary rocker Chuck Berry will headline a series of September concerts that will help the city open its downtown convention center, Mayor Charles Meeker said Tuesday.
Raleigh’s new convention center is set to open in September, and city leaders spent Wednesday soliciting sponsors to help pay for the grand opening.
City officials are negotiating a deal to sell the naming rights for the area around the new downtown convention center.
About a year before it is scheduled to open, the new downtown convention center and neighboring hotel have doubled initial booking projections, officials said Tuesday.
Wake County leaders and the media received a guided tour through the new Convention Center in downtown Raleigh Tuesday.
Cost overruns continue to plague the new downtown Raleigh convention center. It is now $42 million over its original budget.
Raleigh's new convention center is still under construction, but it's already exceeding expectations.
They're not even built yet, but Raleigh's new convention center and downtown Marriott are getting national exposure. A major marketing campaign is now selling Raleigh as a convention destination.
The price of Raleigh's new convention center is going up again. WRAL has learned construction costs are expected to go over budget by at least another $10 million.
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