Jul 26, 2019 | Columns, Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
The 2.1 million-square-foot Music City Center in Nashville opened in 2013 so the city could host large, city-wide conventions in the downtown area and was officially LEED Gold certified in 2014. It replaced the Nashville Convention Center that had been built in 1987... 
Jun 7, 2019 | Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
by Jeanne Brei The Georgia World Congress Center, located in downtown Atlanta adjacent to CNN Center and State Farm Arena, has a 220-acre campus which includes Centennial Olympic Park, the College Football Hall of Fame, the Junior Achievement Discovery Center and the... 
Mar 28, 2019 | Columns, Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
A Primer on Who Does What by F. Andrew Taylor Colonel Robert R. McCormick, the controversial and charismatic visionary who spearheaded the drive to build a world-class convention center in the city of Chicago, never saw the building that bears his name. He was editor... 
Feb 15, 2019 | Columns, Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
IATA Airport Code: IND Location: 7800 Col. H. Weir Cook Memorial Dr., Indianapolis, IN Year Opened: It opened as Indianapolis Municipal Airport in 1931. In 1944, it was renamed Weir Cook Municipal Airport, after U.S. Army Air Force Col. Harvey Weir Cook. In 1976 it... 
Feb 8, 2019 | Columns, Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
by F. Andrew Taylor Indiana calls itself “Crossroads of America,” which was originally the nickname for the capitol, Indianapolis, which is the hub for several major interstate highways that criss-cross the state. The Indiana Convention Center is right in the heart of... 
Dec 14, 2018 | Columns, Convention Center/Airport Spotlight, Features
ATA Code: MSY Address: 900 Airline Dr., Kenner, LA 70062 (11 miles west of downtown New Orleans) Year Opened: Originally, Moisant Field was built on the Moisant Stock Yards, where early aviator John Bevins Moisant (1868-1910) crashed. The U.S. government took the land...
