{"id":6740,"date":"2010-11-08T11:03:40","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T15:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=6740"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:43:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:43:54","slug":"events-guide-do-convention-centres-make-dollars-and-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/11\/08\/events-guide-do-convention-centres-make-dollars-and-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Guide: Do convention centres make dollars and sense?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Money Changing at the Border by amalthya, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/amalthya\/84364820\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/42\/84364820_2a137d22c6_z.jpg\" alt=\"Money Changing at the Border\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HALIFAX<\/strong> &#8211; On Tuesday November 9th Mayor Peter Kelly and the Halifax Regional Council will sit down and decide the fate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/conventioncentreinfo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">P3 Convention Centre<\/a>. \u00a0On the eve of this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecoast.ca\/RealityBites\/archives\/2010\/10\/12\/why-the-convention-centre-sucks-part-1\" target=\"_blank\">highly contentious<\/a> decision Dr. Heywood Sanders, from\u00a0the\u00a0University of Texas will be in Halifax to review his\u00a0understanding\u00a0of \u00a0the economic, political, social and environmental impacts of convention centres.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has been considered the leading\u00a0independent\u00a0critic of publicly funded convention centres since the publication of his 2005 white paper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/metro\/pubs\/20050117_conventioncenters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Space Available: The Reatities of Convention Centres as Economic Development Strategy<\/a>. \u00a0 \u00a0In the paper Sanders performs \u00a0an exhaustive analysis of national \u00a0trends in convention centre development in the States concluding that, &#8220;While the supply of exhibit \u00a0space in the United States has expanded, the demand for convention and trade show space has actually\u00a0plummeted&#8221;. \u00a0Tonight and St. Mary&#8217;s University Dr. Sanders will be sharing his previous\u00a0findings\u00a0as well as assessing the viability \u00a0of Halifax&#8217;s proposed Centre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong> Presentation and discussion with Dr. Heywood Sanders<br \/>\n<strong>WHEN:<\/strong> Monday November 8, 7-9pm<br \/>\n<strong>WHERE<\/strong>: \u00a0Scotiabank Conference Theatre, Sobey Building, St.Mary&#8217;s University<br \/>\n<strong>HOW MUCH<\/strong>: Free<\/p>\n<p>Photo by <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/amalthya\/84364820\/\" target=\"_blank\">amalthya<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX &#8211; On Tuesday November 9th Mayor Peter Kelly and the Halifax Regional Council will sit down and decide the fate of the P3 Convention Centre. \u00a0On the eve of this highly contentious decision Dr. Heywood Sanders, from\u00a0the\u00a0University of Texas will be in Halifax to review his\u00a0understanding\u00a0of \u00a0the economic, political, social and environmental impacts of<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/11\/08\/events-guide-do-convention-centres-make-dollars-and-sense\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Events Guide: Do convention centres make dollars and sense?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8025,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5863],"tags":[368,351,703,3331,3330,565,1433,760,511,3329,1300,1075,1302,3326,3327,3328],"class_list":["post-6740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-events-guide","tag-halifax","tag-halifax-regional-council","tag-heywood-sanders","tag-leading-independent-critic","tag-mayor","tag-pence","tag-peter-kelly","tag-scotiabank","tag-sobey-building","tag-st-marys-university","tag-texas","tag-united-states","tag-university-dr-sanders","tag-university-how-much","tag-university-of-texas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Events Guide: Do convention centres make dollars and sense? 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