Nashville Convention Center
The Nashville Civic Design Center was by Mayor Purcell to conduct an assessment of site options for the proposed new convention center, including holding public meetings to elicit a comprehensive community discussion of the issues involved.
The Civic Design Center Report to the Mayor on the Proposed Convention Center
Public Meetings
October 23, 2008
Public Meeting Notes
September 30, 2008
Public Meeting Notes
August 14, 2008
Public Meeting Notes
May 30, 2006--Downtown Public Library
Notes from Table Presentations (42kb)
May 31, 2006--Adventure Science Center
Notes from Table Presentations (36kb)
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Significant Links
"Un-conventional Sites Add Complexity to Convention Center Design"
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce Article
For the newest breed of urban convention centers, architects must juggle multiple uses with tricky spaces and engaging design.
Air-Rights Development: The latest Dallas Convention Center addition, built in 2002, is over railroad tracks:
http://www.dallasarchitecture.info/convention.htm
"The Music City Center for Nashville's Future" (February 2006).
www.nashvillemusiccitycenter.com
"Space Available: The Realities of Convention Centers as Economic Development Strategy" by Heywood Sanders (January 2005) The Brookings Institution.
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20050117_conventioncenters.htm
"Is the Sky Falling on the Convention Center Industry? A Critical Review of the Brookings Institution Research Brief on Convention Centers as Economic Development Strategy" by Thomas Hazinski and Hans Detlefsen of HVS Convention, Sports, & Entertainment Facilities Consulting
"Are Convention Centers a Silver Bullet?" Heywood Sanders and Bruce Katz audio on Smart City Radio (January 2005).
"SoBro" in The Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City. Written and edited by Christine Kreyling. (Vanderbilt University Press 2005).
http://www.civicdesigncenter.org/projects/projects/2009/04/08/the-plan-for-sobro.9527
"The Nashville Convention Center: Where to Put a New One and What to Do with the Old One" in The Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City. Written and edited by Christine Kreyling. (Vanderbilt University Press 2005).
http://www.civicdesigncenter.org/projects/projects/2009/02/17/nashville-convention-center.8198
Special Report from the Tennessean:
The KPMG reports can be downloaded from the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County website: http://www.nashville.gov/finance/internal_audit/conventioncentercvb_audit.htm
