Strickland unveils Renasant as convention center naming partner
Renasant Bank CEO Mitch Waycaster (right) participates in a signing ceremony with Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Nov. 21, to announce the official name change for the Downtown convention center to the Renasant Convention Center. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Mayor Jim Strickland officially unveiled plans Thursday for the naming rights of the Renasant Convention Center. The 10-year deal with renewals clauses should pay about half of the $2 million in the red that convention center operates at annually, according to Strickland.
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