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A San Diego hotel room tax to finance the planned expansion of the convention center is legal, a Superior Court judge ruled Thursday, but appeals are likely, setting the stage for potentially lengthy project delays. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=534 Marit Hill Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT he City Council authorized $54.4 million in interim bond financing Tuesday for the San Diego Convention Center expansion. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=530 Marit Hill Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT The planned expansion of the San Diego Convention Center cleared a major hurdle Thursday, with the announcement that organized labor has dropped all opposition to the $520 million project. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=529 Marit Hill Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT <p><span style="font-size: 12px;">After recent approval from the Unified Port of San Diego on the expansion’s Environmental Impact Report, the San Diego City Council has also given their approval to the report with a 6-1 vote.</span></p> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=527 Marit Hill Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT The San Diego City Council approved final financing and further design work Monday for the $520 million convention center expansion, even as it awaits the outcome of a pending lawsuit. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=516 Marit Hill Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT The proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center reached a milestone on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2012. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=514 Marit Hill Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT San Diego Port Commissioners gave their blessing Wednesday to the long-planned convention center expansion, approving its voluminous environmental impact report and formalizing their commitment to contribute $60 million toward the project. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=532 Marit Hill Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Port of San Diego has completed a report on the environmental impacts of the Convention Center Expansion and Hotel project. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=508 Marit Hill Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Funding the $520 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center has been much debated, with different factions boosting different ideas. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=504 Marit Hill Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Before the planned expansion of the San Diego Convention Center can move forward, numerous environmental impacts will have to be addressed, according to a voluminous report issued by the Port of San Diego. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=503 Marit Hill Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Public comments on its initial report are in and the Unified Port of San Diego is now tasked with turning its Environmental Impact Review on the proposed Convention Center expansion into a final proposal. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=502 Marit Hill Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Port of San Diego went public yesterday with a draft Environmental Impact Report on a proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center and the neighboring Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=489 Marit Hill Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Port of San Diego has prepared a draft Environmental Impact Report. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=500 Marit Hill Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The outcome of a lawsuit filed Thursday by San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith will likely determine whether a recently approved hotel tax increase will go into effect. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=488 Marit Hill Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT A vote by hoteliers in favor of raising San Diego's room tax was formally certified Monday by the City Council, setting the stage for a legal fight over the levy's legality. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=471 Marit Hill Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The San Diego City Council will vote today on whether to ask a judge to weigh in on the legality of the funding plan for a proposed Convention Center expansion. But it’s another deal - that some say was struck to gain favor with local hotel owners - that has some people up in arms. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=470 Marit Hill Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Hoteliers passed a new room tax that will help finance a planned expansion of the San Diego Convention Center. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=469 Marit Hill Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Plans to expand the San Diego Convention Center took a major leap forward Tuesday, with the approval of a new room tax by local hoteliers. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=511 Marit Hill Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Hoteliers vote to fund their share of proposed expansion. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=498 Marit Hill Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT By 8 p.m. Monday, the fate of a planned $520 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center will have been sealed, as hoteliers turn in the last of their ballots on a new room tax. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=462 Marit Hill Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT San Diego's hoteliers got what they wanted from the city on Tuesday. The City Council gave them more control over the Convention Center's operations. The decision comes on the eve of the hoteliers' vote on financing the center's expansion through higher hotel-room taxes. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=461 Marit Hill Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau won marketing control of the San Diego Convention Center Tuesday in a power play that pitted labor unions against hotel owners. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=460 Marit Hill Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT As hoteliers prepare this month to begin voting on a special room tax that would help finance a $520 million expansion of San Diego’s Convention Center, the mayor’s office has been orchestrating a plan to effectively give the lodging industry more control over marketing of the center. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=459 Marit Hill Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT A legal move by local hotel workers to block an upcoming vote by hoteliers to fund the San Diego Convention Center expansion with a special tax was turned aside Wednesday by a Superior Court judge. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=458 Marit Hill Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT A San Diego Superior Court judge has denied a request from a local labor union to block a planned vote on the $520 million Convention Center expansion, City Attorney Jan Goldsmith's office said today. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=457 Marit Hill Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The hotel workers union on Friday sued to block a proposed tax that would be used to fund expansion for San Diego's convention center, arguing that it sidesteps a state law requiring approval by two-thirds of voters. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=456 Marit Hill Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT In September 2008, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced he wanted to expand<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YluVQNdN-Sc" target="_blank"></a> San Diego's Convention Center. A lot has happened in the three and a half years since. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=455 Marit Hill Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT In his final state of the city speech in January, outgoing Mayor Jerry Sanders plugged the expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, which he said would bring in $372 million in added visitor spending and $17 million in additional tax revenues each year. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=454 Marit Hill Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT San Diego officials are plowing ahead with plans to expand the city’s convention center in a project that will require more than half a billion dollars of bonds. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=453 Marit Hill Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT There are all sorts of plans swirling around san diego for the water front downtown. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=452 Marit Hill Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT San Diego’s hoteliers will decide in April whether they want to levy a surcharge of up to 3 percent on hotel rooms to finance a $520 million expansion of the convention center, the City Council decided Tuesday. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=451 Marit Hill Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT A proposal by U-T San Diego’s ownership and opinion arm that champions a football stadium, a sports arena and an expanded convention center along San Diego’s waterfront has revived a public debate over 96 acres of land long coveted by developers. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=448 Marit Hill Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The basic funding scheme for a $500 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center was approved by the City Council on a 6-2 vote Tuesday. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=445 Marit Hill Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The City Council Tuesday created a special district to finance the proposed $520 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center but labor leaders promised to fight the project. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=444 Marit Hill Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The San Diego City Council on Tuesday created a special district to finance the proposed $520 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center but labor leaders promised to fight the project. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=443 Marit Hill Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT San Diego’s hoteliers will decide in April whether they want to levy a surcharge of up to 3 percent on hotel rooms to finance a $520 million expansion of the convention center, the City Council decided Tuesday. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=442 Marit Hill Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Ask those who support expanding San Diego's Convention Center if the City Council has ever voted on a financing package for the $520 million project and you're more likely to receive a scoff than an answer. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=441 Marit Hill Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Mayor Jerry Sanders said Monday he opposes U-T San Diego's proposal for a new Chargers stadium and expanded convention center, but the newspaper's CEO said the city's plans are flawed. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=447 Marit Hill Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Another big City Council vote on San Diego's $520 million Convention Center expansion is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=446 Marit Hill Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Thanks to pension and budget crises, government dysfunction and a political culture of suspicion and mistrust, San Diego sometimes seems to have lost its ability to think big. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=450 Marit Hill Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The decisions now being made about the future of San Diego will help define our city and region for many decades to come. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=449 Marit Hill Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Hotel Motel Association of San Diego County, a trade group of local hoteliers, has given conditional approval to a measure that would raise the bulk of funding for a proposed $520 million San Diego Convention Center expansion through a surcharge on hotel rooms. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=440 Marit Hill Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT An association of San Diego hoteliers voted unanimously Thursday in support of a plan to finance the proposed convention center expansion with a levy on hotel rooms, despite past dissension within the lodging industry over its fairness. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=437 Marit Hill Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT No better image captures the change in Jerry Sanders' priorities than the series of images projected on an immense screen before the San Diego mayor delivered his seventh and final State of the City Address on Wednesday night. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=439 Marit Hill Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Mayor Jerry Sanders pledged the financial problems that have plagued San Diego for the past decade — a chaotic era of escalating pension costs and devastating budget cuts for America’s Finest City — will end before he leaves office in December and make way for a new period of growth and prosperity. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=438 Marit Hill Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The San Diego City Council on Dec. 6 approved plans for a special financing district to support a proposed $520 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=435 Marit Hill Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Convention Center expansion is one step closer to becoming a reality after the San Diego City Council approved a plan Tuesday that would require hotel guests to shoulder the bulk of the cost, despite criticisms from some hoteliers that the current setup is unfair. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=433 Marit Hill Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Everyone who spoke about the $520 million San Diego Convention Center expansion at City Hall on Tuesday agreed with Mayor Jerry Sanders. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=436 Marit Hill Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Port of San Diego’s decision – however squishy – to help fund the expansion of the San Diego Convention Center is a welcome step forward on an issue of crucial importance to the region’s economy. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=434 Marit Hill Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Port of San Diego conditionally agreed Tuesday to pay $60 million over 20 years to help finance a $520 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=432 Marit Hill Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, Convention Center expansion program manager Charles Black and Convention Center Corp. board member Steve Cushman met recently with the U-T Community Editorial Board to discuss the San Diego Chargers’ proposal to halt existing plans for expansion of the waterfront Convention Center in order to study the Chargers’ idea of using that revenue to build a downtown stadium that would also serve the present Convention Center. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=428 Marit Hill Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT All the major aspects of the plan to pay for San Diego's $550 million Convention Center expansion now are becoming clear. Mayor Jerry Sanders confirmed Thursday the money will come from both the city's day-to-day operating budget and the Unified Port of San Diego. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=430 Marit Hill Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders sought to reassure a group of hoteliers Thursday that a Chargers plan to build a new downtown stadium will not interfere with a proposed $550 million expansion of the Convention Center. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=429 Marit Hill Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Hoping to fill a funding gap for the planned expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, Mayor Jerry Sanders will ask the Port District to put up $60 million for the $550 million project. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=427 Marit Hill Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT A financing plan to pay for the $550 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center approved by the City Council in a 7-0 vote Oct. 10 would pave the way to establishing a special assessment district to tax both downtown and outlying hotels. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=431 Marit Hill Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT The $550 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center took its first legal step forward Monday, when the City Council approved a method for raising most of the money needed to pay for it. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=424 Marit Hill Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Could the idea succeed here? Has it worked anywhere else? Would San Diegans want to pay for any part of it? http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=421 Marit Hill Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Architects for the San Diego Chargers are drawing up a plan for a stadium that includes convention center space. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=419 Marit Hill Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Chargers said their proposal for a new stadium will include convention center space. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=417 Marit Hill Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT These days it seems you can’t mention a Convention Center expansion without talking about a new Chargers stadium - but there isn’t an official link between the two projects. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=416 Marit Hill Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Build convention space in a new $800 million downtown stadium rather than building a $550 million convention expansion? http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=415 Marit Hill Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT <div style="width: 425px;" id="__ss_9366278"> <iframe width="425" scrolling="no" height="355" frameborder="0" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/9366278" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe> <div style="padding: 5px 0pt 12px;"> View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/" target="_blank">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/SDConventionCtr" target="_blank">San Diego Convention Center</a> </div> </div> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=413 Marit Hill Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT The San Diego Chargers are examining the inclusion of convention center space as a design option for a potential new stadium in downtown San Diego, although city officials are standing by plans for an expansion of the existing convention center. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=418 Marit Hill Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Chargers have asked their architects to produce an $800 million stadium plan that would include convention space and eliminate the need for a $550 million expansion to the San Diego Convention Center now being prepared. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=420 Marit Hill Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT The City Council handed over management Tuesday to Mayor Jerry Sanders of the $550 million San Diego Convention Center expansion. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=399 Marit Hill Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Presentation from July 2011 public outreach meetings on the proposed San Diego Convention Center Expansion- focusing on public access, view corridors, and program and design of the rooftop public space. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=396 Marit Hill Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Members of the public interested in helping influence the design of a planned expansion of the San Diego Convention Center are invited to meetings that will be held next week. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=384 Marit Hill Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT In May we found out that hotel guests will be asked to pay for much of the half-billion dollars needed to expand the city's Convention Center. Increased hotel-room taxes will take care of $28 million to $30 million annually, or about three-quarters of what's required to finance the expansion. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=365 Marit Hill Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT Plans for expansion of the economic force that is the San Diego Convention Center took a big step forward earlier this month with Mayor Jerry Sanders’ release of a common-sense proposal for the largest chunk of financing for the $550 million project. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=366 Marit Hill Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT In search of a solution that will help his city expand its convention center, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has unveiled the first and largest piece of a proposed financing plan, which would raise taxes on hotels in order to generate revenue for the $550 million project, he announced this month. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=367 Marit Hill Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT If Convention Center expansion supporters have their way, hotel visitors will pay more when they visit town, thanks to an extra charge on their bills. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=372 Marit Hill Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT San Diego had one of the lowest hotel-room taxes around for major destinations. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=371 Marit Hill Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Last Thursday, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled a funding proposal for the expansion of the convention center that would involve upping hotel taxes. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=370 Marit Hill Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Report to City Council on the Financing Plan for Phase III Expansion. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=362 SDCCC Administrator Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT San Diego City Council members agreed Tuesday that a proposed expansion of the Convention Center is crucial to the city’s economic future but raised a number of concerns that need to be addressed before a financing plan can be finalized. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=363 Marit Hill Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Mayor Jerry Sanders is scheduled to show his plan for expanding the San Diego Convention Center to the City Council on Tuesday. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=376 Marit Hill Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Local hotels would contribute up to $30 million annually to help finance a planned expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, under a proposal announced May 12 by Mayor Jerry Sanders. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=369 Marit Hill Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has proposed adding new hotel fees to help pay for an expansion of the city's convention center. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=355 Marit Hill Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Sanders sat down with the town's hoteliers and announced that he wants them to band together and raise the city's hotel-room tax on visitors to fund the Convention Center expansion. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=351 Marit Hill Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT First component of a proposed financing plan announced. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=494 Marit Hill Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced Thursday the first and largest component of a proposed financing plan to expand the San Diego Convention Center. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=374 Marit Hill Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT As news emerges of a deal to fund the Convention Center today, watch for a new major pothole that could be in the way of the expansion project: the Convention Center itself. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=368 Marit Hill Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders called on the city’s hoteliers Thursday to contribute up to $30 million a year through a hotel room surcharge to help finance an expansion of the downtown convention center, a project now estimated to cost 24 percent less than the original $711 million price tag. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=345 Marit Hill Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT The financial rewards of a planned expansion of San Diego’s Convention Center would seem a sure bet http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=338 Marit Hill Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Fentress Architects taps Tucker Sadler, Joseph Wong Design for 'local intelligence' http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=320 Gary Shaw Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Two San Diego firms will work with Denver-based Fentress Architecture on proposed expansion http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=318 Gary Shaw Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Cites creation of nearly 7,000 jobs among economic benefits http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=323 Gary Shaw Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Final analysis issued on the economic impact, return on investment http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=309 Gary Shaw Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT Public scoping meeting to be held 6 p.m. Dec. 16 at San Diego Convention Center in Room 33 http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=306 Gary Shaw Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT <h2 id="subtitle_Trans"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; color: #000000;">Expanded Convention Center could be sweet if someone figures out how to pay for it</span></h2> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=271 Gary Shaw Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial;">When the San Diego Convention Center Board of Directors revealed the design firm behind a proposed expansion Tuesday, they were met with a lot of questions asking about funding </span><br /> </div> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=258 Gary Shaw Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT A five-acre rooftop park, truck tunnel for exhibitors and 500-room hotel built on top of a nearby parking garage wowed officials yesterday as they announced the lead architect on the long-awaited San Diego Convention Center expansion, projected for completion in five years. http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=467 Marit Hill Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT San Diego Mayor Sanders, SDCCC officers provide first look at expansion, 5-acre waterfront park http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=304 Gary Shaw Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Mayor, SDCCC officials introduce expansion concepts, 5-acre park http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=299 Gary Shaw Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Increased exhibit space, sustainability and 5-acre waterfront park are hallmarks of iconic conceptual design</span></div> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=267 Gary Shaw Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT View the Media Briefing presented at the Nov. 9, 2010 Press Conference http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=266 Gary Shaw Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT View the Media Briefing presented at the Nov. 9, 2010 Press Conference http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=265 Gary Shaw Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">Team includes Fentress Architects, John Portman & Associates and Civitas</span></div> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=261 Gary Shaw Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial;">Fentress Architects to Work on Convention Center Expansion</span><br /> </div> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=260 Gary Shaw Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT <p style="line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: arial;">The plans for a new Convention Center took a big step forward</span></p> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=259 Gary Shaw Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Embracing a waterfront location http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=254 Gary Shaw Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT The San Diego Convention Center Corp. Board of Directors voted to make Fentress Architects the design team http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=253 Gary Shaw Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT Staff will review possible consultants for the board to select http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=208 Gary Shaw Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Selection of a consultant to conduct EIR is the first step http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=327 SDCCC Administrator Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Allowing for business to expand http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=174 Denise Mosgrove Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Finalists Invited to Submit Conceptual Designs http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=168 Gary Shaw Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Tour of facility conducted http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=285 Denise Mosgrove Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT To serve as project manager http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=176 Gary Shaw Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Land Agreement Reached http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=283 Chris Fonseca Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT Transfer of Six Acres Authorized http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=170 Gary Shaw Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT