There are 11 article(s) tagged Memphis Cook Convention Center:

• September 2019

  • Convention Center renovation begins work on river view

    The $200 million renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center is taking place as the center continues to hold events. 

    By Bill Dries September 28, 2019

• July 2019

  • Anime Blues Con 9 facilitates fandom and families

    Memphis’ premier anime convention brings fans together to celebrate their favorite manga and anime.

    By Jared Boyd July 13, 2019

• December 2018

  • Naming rights deal sought for Memphis Cook Convention Center

    A naming rights deal will be sought for the new and improved Memphis Cook Convention Center. The convention center board on Thursday approved a consulting agreement that could lead to a commercial brand splashed across the updated center’s sleek-looking new exterior.

    By Wayne Risher December 14, 2018

  • Business diversity gains touted by airport

    Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority spent $16.5 million or 30 percent on contracts with disadvantaged, minority and women owned businesses in fiscal 2018, up 3 percent from a year earlier.

    By Wayne Risher December 04, 2018

• November 2018

  • Convention center project clears final hurdle

    A long-planned modernization and expansion of the 44-year-old Memphis Cook Convention Center is in the clear after approval of a $163.5 million construction contract Wednesday, Nov. 28.

    By Wayne Risher November 28, 2018

  • It’s crunch time for convention center overhaul after three rounds of bidding

    The third time may be the charm for the Memphis Cook Convention Center’s $175 million transformation, which is proposed for award to a Mississippi contractor after three rounds of bidding.

    By Wayne Risher November 28, 2018

  • Strickland ponders hotel-motel tax limits

    Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland told 120 hospitality industry leaders Wednesday he would like to see more agreement among them before he commits to anything like an increase in the city hotel-motel tax to fund Memphis Cook Convention Center improvements beyond its coming $175 million overhaul.

    By Bill Dries November 14, 2018

  • COGIC ‘Saints’ return to boost civic pride, hotel occupancy

    Memphis’ civic pride was wounded by the homegrown Church of God in Christ’s 2009 decision to move its biggest annual gathering up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. In a changing landscape of church leadership and amid complaints about Memphis’ lack of capacity to host such a large (30,000-plus) gathering, the Memphis-based Pentecostal denomination inked its first three-year deal with St. Louis.

    By Wayne Risher November 13, 2018

  • Convention Center bids come in below $175 million target

    The rebidding of the renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center has come in below the $175 million the city has to spend on the project.

    By Bill Dries November 02, 2018

• October 2018

  • Convention Center rebid benefits from more labor, different details

    The city has changed some materials for interior and exterior renovations of the Memphis Cook Convention Center and is benefiting from a slower pace of construction that had put a higher labor cost on the $175 million project.

    By Bill Dries October 06, 2018

  • Convention center rebid one piece in Downtown changes

    Construction contractors get a detailed look Friday, Oct. 5, at changes to the $175 million renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center.

    By Bill Dries October 05, 2018