Renasant Convention Center boasts $200 million makeover
The center’s newly renovated, 118,000-square-foot exhibit hall was recently used as the set for a History Channel commercial featuring Morgan Freeman.
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November 2021
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October 2021
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The robots are coming! To Memphis!
Robots and businesses — especially logistics companies like FedEx — will converge in Memphis Oct. 12-14 at the Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Conference.
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September 2021
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AutoZone holds first large event at Renasant Convention Center since renovation
AutoZone’s annual national sales meeting earlier this week became the first large event to be held at the newly renovated Renasant Convention Center.
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July 2021
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AutoZone conference will be first at newly renovated Renasant
The annual national sales meeting is part of AutoZone lore; it is scheduled for Sept. 27-30.
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June 2021
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Watkins Overton High graduates celebrate after a year of loss
Overton High School’s class of 2021 walked across the stage during an in-person graduation after the pandemic took away months of in-person learning and senior celebrations.
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December 2020
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New plans for One Beale aim for ‘skyline-altering’
First, Chance Carlisle dropped his plan for an office tower at One Beale. More recently, he scrapped his plan for a tower that would have housed 150 hotel rooms and 240 apartments and condos. Now, he plans to build a 350-room Grand Hyatt hotel that would double as an extraordinary landmark for Beale Street.
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November 2020
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Designers look outward in convention center revamp
Overseers of the Renasant Convention Center project took media representatives on a tour of the nearing-completion project Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 17.
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Convention center project almost ready to turn lights on
The nearly $200 million modernization of the Renasant Convention Center is winding down. A lighting ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, to mark the occasion.
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Contractors busy, but scrambling to stay that way
A sampling of businesses in the Memphis construction sector shows revenues down because of COVID-19 and businesses concerned about lining up projects for next year and beyond.
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October 2020
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Front Street at convention center reopening
The street has been closed between Poplar and Jackson avenues since October 2019.
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September 2020
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Empty chairs, stage demonstrate problems for live-events industry
The businesses that normally stage live events organized an “Empty Event” at Tom Lee Park. The idea: Bring attention to the harsh impact that COVID-19 has had on the industry.
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March 2020
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Architects’ side venture keeps projects on time, on budget
MFA is a sideline business — a joint-venture — formed by three architecture firms. It does not design buildings, but works to keep construction on time and under budget for the owner. Business is so strong that MFA is looking for permanent office space Downtown.
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February 2020
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Memphis history, Sheraton expansion could be on collision course
The Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel's expansion needs could come in conflict with a more than 200-year-old slice of Memphis history.
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City backs Sheraton deal to boost conventions
City touts Sheraton hotel incentive deal, expansion or not, for boosting ability to host larger conventions, putting tax-exempt land back on tax rolls.
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January 2020
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Loews Hotel gets final OK on 16-story project
Board approves signage, light and art for series of other projects including Equality Trailblazers monument.
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December 2019
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Convention center update clears midpoint
Memphis Convention Center renovation stands at 51% and has moved into its perhaps most visible stage. Crews are opening holes for new windows and clearing the way for truck access.
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