Exeunt the Congress Centre As Was - I

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Exeunt the Congress Centre As Was - I
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The second comics convention I ever attended was held in this building.

Not so oddly, the shopping mall it was attached to is still in business.

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[mencc1701.livejournal.com]

I think we'll stand a bigger chance of hosting big-anything oriented events once it goes up.

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One thing I'd been hearing on Radio One last year - or maybe on the web somewheres - was of the lack of facilities capable of hosting mid-size conventions. Apparently, one of our big issues was that we can handle either relatively small events or Really Big Deals(like political parties' conventions), but not much in-between. It was one of the factors that finally brought a halt to C-ACE a couple of years back, if memory serves.

A rebuilt and expanded Congress Centre may risk perpetuating that situation.

No?

[mencc1701.livejournal.com]

I suppose, but that's hardly the fault of the Congress Centre, if you ask me. I mean, it is supposed to be our marquee convention centre, so I don't think it can really be blamed for not creating mid-sized facilities.