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I'm looking around for information from Heywood Sanders, someone who's been studying the effect of convention centers on the local economy. I came across this from our very own WCPN. The air date - July 25, 2002:

Heywood Sanders�The reality is that dozens and dozens of cities are building convention centers, all using similar financing, in a market that is not growing... I've looked at a lot convention centers in a lot of cities. Every last one comes wrapped with a set of promises and forecasts, usually from a major accounting firm, that suggests hundreds of thousands will come, stay for many nights, and spend lots of money. If you look seriously at how a great many of the centers around the country actually perform, by and large, it doesn't even come close to the promises... You've got to ask the Missouri question: "Show me." Show me the city that's been turned around by a convention center. Show me the evidence that this has worked. Show me where the consultants did a great job of forecasting the actual performance in city after city after city.

That was 2 1/2 years ago. I wonder if anyone can show us a city that's been turned around by a convention center yet.