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News & Analysis > Suppliers profit organization that took over operation from a city department in 2004. On December 17, the city council will reevaluate Team San Jose’s contract. City officials have criticized Team San Jose for missing revenue, an argument countered by the organization. The proposed expansion plan would increase the convention center space by 30 percent to 880,000 sf. Ballroom space would nearly triple to 60,000 sf and meeting space would more than double to 64,000 sf. Consultants expect that the new and larger center will increase annual event bookings by 57 percent, increase hotel-room tax revenue by up to $2 million, and pour $50 million into the local economy. —HWB Plans for San Jose Convention Center Expansion The McEnery Convention Center will be expanded by 200,000 sf, according to plans unveiled mid-November by a group of consultants working on the 18-yearold facility. The cost of the expansion hasn’t been fully determined yet, but estimates call for a $250million price tag. Consultants ruled that the center needs to grow to stay competitive. The convention center overhaul is one of the projects under Team San Jose, a non-

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Successful Meetings - January 2008

Successful Meetings - January 2008
Contents
Editor's Note
Associations
Research
Events
Suppliers
Associations
On the Record
Associations
Suppliers
Planner Spotlight
Websites of the Month
Management Matters
Meeting the Law
Personal Success
Mouth for Sale
Food & Beverage
Professional Development
On Site
Pre-Event
Tools of the Trade
Veggie Power
Tennis, Anyone?
Seeing is Believing
The Wild Green Yonder
Game On
Places & Spaces
Galveston & Texas Beaches
Greater Seattle
Singapore
Gurus

Successful Meetings - January 2008