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[CtownMikey]

i've asked this before but nobody answered mister mikey Are there any specific conventions that we will be able to hold with the renovations and additional hotel rooms that will be completed around 2010?

[Frankie811]

CtownMikey, on Jun 23 2005, 10:53 AM, said:

i've asked this before but nobody answered mister mikey Are there any specific conventions that we will be able to hold with the renovations and additional hotel rooms that will be completed around 2010?

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Children should be seen, and not heard!  

[EPBOY]

Hmmm these questions seem related but unresponded to....  

EPBOY, on Jun 16 2005, 08:50 AM, said:

I'm courious about something.  After the Dunk is taken over buy the Convention Center Authority and the square footage of each is added together, where would that put Providence on the list in terms of size?  Would our combined facility be larger than the new Hartford Convention Center?

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CtownMikey, on Jun 23 2005, 10:53 AM, said:

i've asked this before but nobody answered mister mikey Are there any specific conventions that we will be able to hold with the renovations and additional hotel rooms that will be completed around 2010?

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[Frankie811]

http://www.projo.com...9x.1c9023f.html

[Recchia]

Frankie811, on Jun 29 2005, 04:49 AM, said:

http://www.projo.com...9x.1c9023f.html

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"The state purchase and renovation would result in new seats, luxury boxes, new mechanical systems, a new box office, updated bathrooms, a new scoreboard and a variety of other updates at The Dunk. It will just take some more time before the results are visible, said James McCarvill, executive director of the convention center authority."

Is this the first real description of the renovations to be done once the state buys it?

[Frankie811]

http://www.projo.com...1x.21157b0.html

[Recchia]

Frankie811, on Jul 1 2005, 03:48 AM, said:

http://www.projo.com...1x.21157b0.html

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Civic Center sale to state, main points:

-renovations will take 2.5 years (so probly 5)
-state, through Convention Center Authority will pay 27.5 million for the land, and 1 million for the building.  
-General Assembly has give the Convention Center Authority to issue 92.5 million in bonds to buy and renovate the building, so that leaves a little over 60 million for the renovations.

[Frankie811]

Recchia, on Jul 1 2005, 06:15 AM, said:

Civic Center sale to state, main points:

-renovations will take 2.5 years (so probly 5)
-state, through Convention Center Authority will pay 27.5 million for the land, and 1 million for the building. 
-General Assembly has give the Convention Center Authority to issue 92.5 million in bonds to buy and renovate the building, so that leaves a little over 60 million for the renovations.

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I'm not sure that it will take 5 yrs     but it will probably go over 2.5   A new scoreboard should have been done YEARS AGO!

[Cotuit]

Frankie811, on Jul 1 2005, 08:03 AM, said:

A new scoreboard should have been done YEARS AGO!

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The electronic sign out front said it was 109 degrees this morning.   For the record, it's really 68. It's been having these outlandishly broiling temperature readings for weeks.

[Cotuit]

EPBOY, on Jun 16 2005, 08:50 AM, said:

I'm courious about something.  After the Dunk is taken over buy the Convention Center Authority and the square footage of each is added together, where would that put Providence on the list in terms of size?  Would our combined facility be larger than the new Hartford Convention Center?

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137,000 sq.ft. Rhode Island Convention Center
205,000 sq.ft. Connecticut Convention Center

I can't find a size for the Dunk.

CtownMikey, on Jun 23 2005, 10:53 AM, said:

i've asked this before but nobody answered mister mikey Are there any specific conventions that we will be able to hold with the renovations and additional hotel rooms that will be completed around 2010?

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The Franternal Order of Police Officers convention last year was the largest one Providence has ever held. There really wasn't a problem fitting people in the convention center, it was the hotel space that was a problem. People were staying all over Rhode Island and into Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Events with big displays, like the boat show will really benefit from a combined facility.

[Garris]

Cotuit, on Jul 1 2005, 06:42 AM, said:

The electronic sign out front said it was 109 degrees this morning.  For the record, it's really 68. It's been having these outlandishly broiling temperature readings for weeks.

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Thanks for giving me my biggest laugh of the day.  Can you get a photo to post of any of these temps?  That'd be great...

- Garris

[Garris]

Cotuit, on Jul 1 2005, 07:03 AM, said:

137,000 sq.ft. Rhode Island Convention Center
205,000 sq.ft. Connecticut Convention Center

I can't find a size for the Dunk.

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I found this on the riconvention.com website.  If accurate, it would beat the CT Convention Center:

"The Rhode Island Convention Center (RICC) hosted the 11th Annual Boat Show in early January 2004, breaking prior attendance and sales records. By teaming up with the Dunkin' Donuts Center this year, the RICC was able to expand the show to over 240,000 square feet of display space - creating New England's premiere boat show."

- Garris

[EPBOY]

Garris, on Jul 1 2005, 11:50 PM, said:

I found this on the riconvention.com website.  If accurate, it would beat the CT Convention Center:

"The Rhode Island Convention Center (RICC) hosted the 11th Annual Boat Show in early January 2004, breaking prior attendance and sales records. By teaming up with the Dunkin' Donuts Center this year, the RICC was able to expand the show to over 240,000 square feet of display space - creating New England's premiere boat show."

- Garris

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Awesome!  Thanks Cotuit & Garris!  

[Mij]

Todays Sports section has two great articles about what the Dunk was, and what it will become. Also has a great artist redering on the cover of what it will look like in 3 years.


Here are the links( i cant get the picture)
http://www.projo.com...ol.20bca70.html
http://www.projo.com...nk.20bcc28.html

Ive said it before, with the projects in this area of th city underway and proposed, this corridor is really going to be something. (The Power Block, The Dunk/Convention Center, The Fogerty Bld, Gtech, The Masonic Temple, Capital Cnds, LaSalle Square, Emmit Square, and please forgive me if Im leaving anything out, AS220, The federal Hill Cnds, I mean damn, This section of the city will be the what all outsiders of this area see as the rebirth of Providence)

[EPBOY]

Mij, on Jul 3 2005, 10:55 AM, said:

Todays Sports section has two great articles about what the Dunk was, and what it will become. Also has a great artist redering on the cover of what it will look like in 3 years.
Here are the links( i cant get the picture)
http://www.projo.com...ol.20bca70.html
http://www.projo.com...nk.20bcc28.html

Ive said it before, with the projects in this area of th city underway and proposed, this corridor is really going to be something. (The Power Block, The Dunk/Convention Center, The Fogerty Bld, Gtech, The Masonic Temple, Capital Cnds, LaSalle Square, Emmit Square, and please forgive me if Im leaving anything out, AS220, The federal Hill Cnds, I mean damn, This section of the city will be the what all outsiders of this area see as the rebirth of Providence)

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[Cotuit]

You beat me to it, here's a bit bigger scan from Projo:

[EPBOY]

Cotuit, on Jul 3 2005, 12:27 PM, said:

You beat me to it, here's a bit bigger scan from Projo:

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Your's is definatly better!  I don't get the the paper PROJO and didn't see that one on the web.  I bow to your greatness!    

A question... once the state ownes it, can we PLEASE get rid of the nasty Dunkin Donuts logo on it?  I mean hell we won't be needing the corporate subsidy anymore.  So can't we change the name from the "Dunkin Donuts Center" (sounds like Homer Simpson Heaven!), to the Rhode Island Civic Center?

[Cotuit]

I don't usually get the paper either, I ran next door and bought one.  

We'll still need the money from the naming rights. It's also a 10 year deal with DD so the state might actually have to pay them to get out of it, if we wanted to. At least it's not the Textron or GTECH Center.

[CtownMikey]

any way we can get a picture of the dunk right now, in that same view and post it next the the new rendering ??? ?

[EPBOY]

I was curious how much Dunkin Donuts paid for the naming rights and found "NamingRightsOnLine.Com"  (is there anything that ISN'T out there on the internet?.  

Anyway, here's the LINK that lists the DD Center at $8.65 Million.  (We are into year 4 of the 10 year deal with DD)

Edited by EPBOY, 03 July 2005 - 11:08 AM.