There are 22 article(s) tagged Memphis Convention Center:

• November 2020

  • 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.

    By Wayne Risher November 18, 2020

• October 2020

  • Front Street at convention center reopening

    The street has been closed between Poplar and Jackson avenues since October 2019.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 16, 2020

• January 2020

  • Public art selections made for Convention Center overhaul

    The UrbanArt Commission, Memphis Convention Center board and city of Memphis have selected four Memphis-based artists for public art installations in the upgraded convention center.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff January 16, 2020

• November 2019

  • Renasant Bank wins Memphis Convention Center naming rights

    Tupelo-based Renasant Bank's newly minted naming rights for the Memphis Convention Center are expected to generate more than $7 million over 10 years. 

    By Wayne Risher November 20, 2019

  • Loews Hotel wins 30-year tax incentive

    Loews Hotels & Co. won a 30-year property tax abatement Tuesday, Nov. 19, for its $240 million project to build a second Memphis Convention Center hotel.

    By Wayne Risher November 20, 2019

• October 2019

  • Memphis, Loews sign development agreement for new convention center hotel

    The City of Memphis and Loews Hotels have signed a development agreement for a $220 million hotel on Civic Center Plaza, funded in part by public incentives.

    By Wayne Risher October 10, 2019

  • Loews Hotel on Civic Center Plaza clears zoning review

    A 500-room, 17-story Loews Hotel proposed for Civic Center Plaza won approval by a Memphis zoning board Thursday, Oct. 10.

    By Wayne Risher October 10, 2019

• September 2019

  • 100 North Main owners offer Plan B for second convention center hotel

    With the City of Memphis and Loews Hotels close to a development deal on a convention center hotel, 100 North Main's alternate proposal is viewed as Plan B.

    By Wayne Risher September 17, 2019

• July 2019

  • Nashville court airs dispute over incentives for 2nd Memphis convention center hotel

    Lawyers for Memphis, the Downtown Memphis Commission and Sheraton sparred Tuesday in Davidson County Chancery Court over a bid to block state-approved incentives for a new Loews Hotel.

    By Wayne Risher July 18, 2019

• June 2019

  • Convention Center overhaul on track for late 2020 completion

    Memphis Convention Center officials said Wednesday a nearly $200 million transformation is on time and on budget and a new lobby is expected to open in December.

    By Wayne Risher June 21, 2019

• May 2019

  • Graceland TDZ mistakenly shortchanges public schools

    Tourism development zones provide little to no direct benefit to public schools from growth in local sales taxes, despite public statements to the contrary over the years.

    By Wayne Risher May 21, 2019

  • 100 North Main owner sues Loews, former convention center hotel partner

    One New York firm is suing another over the breakup of their joint venture to develop a second Memphis convention center hotel using local and state financial incentives.

    By Wayne Risher May 13, 2019

  • Transformation turns convention center into hard-hat zone

    Memphis Tourism officials touted the economic impact of travel and tourism and previewed future possibilities of a modernized Memphis Convention Center during a hard-hat tour of the construction zone Tuesday.

    By Wayne Risher May 08, 2019

• April 2019

  • Coyote pup runs free after rescue inside Memphis Convention Center

    A coyote pup that wandered into the Memphis Convention Center construction project has been released to the wild after he was found curled up inside a wall Thursday morning.

    By Wayne Risher April 12, 2019

  • Downtown tourism development zone captures sales tax growth

    A special tax financing district Downtown has ginned up more than $223 million since its inception in 2001, capturing sales tax growth for projects to lure more visitors.

    By Wayne Risher April 05, 2019

• March 2019

  • Loews hotel project wins clear path to tourism zone financing

    The Tennessee General Assembly has cleared up a couple of issues that created uncertainty for a proposed $220 million Loews hotel near the Memphis Convention Center.

    By Wayne Risher March 15, 2019

• February 2019

  • Chancellor dismisses Sheraton petition challenging incentives for Loews

    Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins on Monday dismissed the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel's petition that sought to block a City Council action favoring public incentives for a Loews hotel.

    By Wayne Risher February 25, 2019

  • Banner year for Memphis tourism could be so-so year for hoteliers

    Lodging industry consultant Chuck Pinkowski's forecast calls for occupancy and room revenue to fall at Memphis area hotels in 2019 as room supply increases and the convention center is modernized. 

    By Wayne Risher February 23, 2019

  • Sheraton expands effort to block public incentives for rival Loews

    Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins said he'll rule Monday, Feb. 25, on a city motion to dismiss a Sheraton bid to block public incentives for a Loews hotel in Downtown Memphis.

    By Wayne Risher February 20, 2019

• January 2019

  • Chancellor delays hearing on expanded Sheraton challenge of Loews incentives

    Attorneys for the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel and the City Council squared off in Chancery Court Tuesday over a challenge to public incentives for a new Loews Hotel. 

    By Wayne Risher January 29, 2019

  • Sheraton fires back in court battle against Loews incentives

    Sheraton Downtown Memphis Hotel attorneys say the City Council committed a series of missteps in approving public incentives for a rival Loews Hotel project in August.

    By Wayne Risher January 23, 2019

  • Memphis Convention Center overhaul hailed as ‘game-changer’

    Memphis and tourism officials on Thursday formally launched a $188.5 million overhaul of the Memphis Convention Center to make it competitive for convention and meeting business.

    By Wayne Risher January 18, 2019