News
News Home
The Regina Brett Show
Quick Bites
Exploradio
News Archive
News Channel
Special Features
NPR
nowplaying
On AirNewsClassical
Loading...
  
Weather
From WKYC.COM / TV 3
School Closings
WKSU Support
Funding for WKSU is made possible in part through support from the following businesses and organizations.

Lehmans

Akron Children's Hospital

KeyBank


For more information on how your company or organization can support WKSU, download the WKSU Media Kit.

(WKSU Media Kit PDF icon )


Donate Your Vehicle to WKSU

Programs Schedule Make A Pledge Member BenefitsFAQ/HelpContact Us
Economy and Business


Good planning means Cleveland convention center will open ahead of schedule
Earlier opening is expected to be a boon for city's convention business
by WKSU's KEVIN NIEDERMIER


Reporter
Kevin Niedermier
 
Construction on Cleveland's new convention center will be finished 2 months early next year.
Courtesy of Kevin Niedermier
In The Region:

Cleveland’s new convention center will open 2 months ahead of schedule and on budget. And officials believe next year’s early opening on July first means more conventions will be attracted to Cleveland.                                               

Click to listen

Other options:
Windows Media / MP3 Download (1:07)


(Click image for larger view.)

County Executive Ed FitzGerald (at podium) and Clevleand Mayor Frank Jackson (L) and praised the projects workers and managers for getting the project ahead of schedule and on budget.
 
 
 
 

 

Ground was broken in January 2011 on the $465 million taxpayer funded convention center. Head of Turner Construction, Mark Dent, says the project’s intense planning helped workers stay ahead of schedule by avoiding unforeseen construction issues.

“So all of the things that happened, we expected to happen and we were able to start shaving time off the job. We could have been put behind schedule by late material deliveries, opening up the ground and finding conditions nobody anticipated, bad planning on getting the trades people out here. But in this case the early planning worked out.”

Opening ahead of schedule is expected to give event planners more confidence in the venue as a place to book conventions. Right now, 19 conventions are booked.The facility’s medical mart exhibit hall is expected to open about 2 months after the convention center.  Opening early also means the convention center will now be the base for the 2013 National Senior Games. That event was to be based on Public Square.                                                                                                                                    
Add Your Comment
Name:

Location:

E-mail: (not published, only used to contact you about your comment)


Comments:




 
Page Options

Print this page

E-Mail this page / Send mp3

Share on Facebook




Stories with Recent Comments

Husted's voter-address plan is under scrutiny
=========== The new directive allows voters to make the updates online for the first time. =========== Ahem!!! You might want to do some fact checking before ...

Leveling the field between private and public school sports
Consideration should be given to establishing a limit on athletic scholarships to private schools (which may be disguised as financial aid to poor students). I...

Thirteen Cleveland firefighters indicted
What was stolen? Section 7(p)(3) of the FLSA provides that two individuals employed in the same capacity by the same public agency may agree, solely at their ...

Union refuses to back gay teacher fired by Catholic school
Catholic schools can be very vindictive regarding the lifestyles of their teachers. Insurance does not pay for birth control, non-Catholic teachers are replace...

Drilling for wind on Lake Erie
May God help us defeat the WIND MONSTER ...

Raise a glass to craft beer week
Vivian, What a great interview - Just done so professionally. I loved the way you smoothly transitioned from production to interview to history of the company...

Castro could face death penalty as abduction case goes to a grand jury
I thought kidnapping was automatically a federal charge. Is it not?

Funk Hall of Fame in Dayton?
My quesiton how much of this groups own money are they investing? What resources has the City of Dayton's Mayor Leitzell (who just lost the run off elections) ...

Ohio has an election Tuesday; who knew?
WHY isn't there any information in this article about what the issues are for???????? Oh, I guess so only those who know about it will vote and everything will...

Copyright © 2013 WKSU Public Radio, All Rights Reserved.

 
In Partnership With:

NPR PRI Kent State University

listen in windows media format listen in realplayer format Car Talk Hosts: Tom & Ray Magliozzi Fresh Air Host: Terry Gross A Service of Kent State University 89.7 WKSU | NPR.Classical.Other smart stuff. NPR Senior Correspondent: Noah Adams Living on Earth Host: Steve Curwood 89.7 WKSU | NPR.Classical.Other smart stuff. A Service of Kent State University