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Metro gets head start in booking for proposed convention center

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Posted on June 30, 2008 - 3:51pm at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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Bureau recruits conventions for 2013, beyondBy MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • June 30, 2008

It won't open for a few years and hasn't even been fully approved yet, but the Music City Center has already booked its first convention.

Sui Generous

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Posted on May 27, 2008 - 11:17am at Nashville Scene - Bites
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Tuesday Business Links

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Posted on May 27, 2008 - 9:41am at Coolfer
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• British retail chain Woolworths is to stop carrying CD singles outside of one-offs. Because of downloading's impact, only half the chain's stores currently stock CD singles. And, of course, the retailer has launched the obligatory download store that offers music, movies and games.

Ever Generous

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Posted on May 14, 2008 - 11:21am at Nashville Scene - Bites
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David Scobey dies

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Posted on May 13, 2008 - 7:26am at Music City Bloggers
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David Scobey, former Vice Mayor of Nashville and political figure, has died. From the Tennessean:

Dean to give State of Metro speech Tuesday

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Posted on May 12, 2008 - 4:06pm at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer(Tennesssean) • May 12, 2008

Mayor Karl Dean will deliver the annual State of Metro address - his first since he was elected last year - Tuesday morning.

Conventional Design

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Posted on March 4, 2008 - 11:28am at Volunteer Voters
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Chris Wage reports that a group of concerned citizens have taken it upon themselves to do a design study for the new Nashville Convention Center:

Metro says it can afford a $595 million convention hall

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Posted on January 18, 2008 - 6:54am at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer (Tennessean)
January 18, 2008

A new downtown convention center would make Nashville competitive for 70 percent of the convention market starting in 2012 under a plan released Thursday and endorsed by Mayor Karl Dean.

It wouldn't come cheaply, with the price tag up almost one-third since a 2006 proposal, but the $595 million cost would be funded by taxes and fees paid mostly by convention-goers and other tourists, covering the city's annual

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