On a larger scale, he cited the $950 million CityCenterDC downtown project on the site of the former convention center in Washington.
It recently won approval to develop 686 apartments in a mixed-use development on the site of Washington's former convention center in a long-awaited project with Hines, a developer in Houston.
"In a city of this size, the economic impact of these film projects is felt by everyone," said Michael P. Moorhead, who runs StageWorks of Louisiana, a production complex housed in a former convention center.
In the city's central business district, a separate mixed-use development is replacing the former convention center with 235,000 square feet of retail and entertainment, including the forthcoming National Museum for African-American Music.
(When the name ends in s, it's also correct to say "Thomas' truck," but I prefer the former convention. Just pick one, and be consistent).
Fred Sainz, former Republican convention planner and now head of the San Diego convention center, said cities craved the visibility more than the dollars.
On April 29 1999, the Daily Telegraph ran a lovely obituary of the former Fairport Convention violinist and singer Dave Swarbrick.
This is not the first time Stanley, the son of First Baptist Church of Atlanta pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention president Charles Stanley, has had to defend remarks from his sermons.
"As beautiful as it was, Boardwalk Hall was really not ready for the pageant last year," Mr. Bauer said of the $90 million renovation of the former Atlantic City Convention Hall.
In May, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) announced plans for CityCenterDC, a swirl of shopping, condominiums and offices on one of the last vacant parcels in downtown, the site of the former Washington Convention Center, at Ninth and H streets NW.
