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Expanded convention center has uncertain future
Tuesday, 02 Jan, 2006
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The Philadelphia Convention Center is being doubled to nearly one million square feet.
The move will allow center officials to double-book the space for two major conventions at the same time.
But despite that plan, officials there say they can’t announce a completion date.
The $650 million expansion will not be completed any earlier than 2008, convention officials said.
Adding to the confusion: The expansion will be largely funded from proceeds from a state tax on gaming parlors which will not open until later this year. Even the exact locations of two sites in Philadelphia for gaming have yet to be determined.
Report by David Wilkening
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