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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.

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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