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FenCon VI in Addison: Science leaves plenty of room for the imagination

"Fen" is plural for "fan." That may explain why Crisman fit in so well among the sci-fi/fantasy crowd (the eight years she spent homeschooling didn't hurt, either).

Monday, Sept. 21, 2009

Dallas Convention Center to switch food packaging over to 100 percent biodegradable

They're going with the stuff made from potato starch and sugar cane, yay.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Angela Hunt left out — again — when Mayor Tom Leppert appoints new committee chairs

This is the second time it's happened.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Mayor Tom Leppert and former Astronaut Jim Reilly to speak at managers’ symposium

This third-annual event also offers continuing education credit.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Judging lattes at the annual Southwest Foodservice Expo in Dallas

Seven espressos in one day is six more than any right-thinking person should consume.

Monday, June 29, 2009

DMA clocks 1 million visitors thanks to King Tut, sorta

It's the most populated year they've ever had, but how the mummy wraps into all this is complicated.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

UPDATE: Committee members vote to sell bonds to build Dallas’ convention center hotel

Whaddaya mean $346 mil is a lot of money?

Monday, June 15, 2009

Photo gallery: A colorful CityArts festival livens the Arts District

It was a hot one, but that didn't keep crowds away from this fun annual event.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Six Flags files Chapter 11

The filing is not expected to affect the operation of its 20 parks throughout North America.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Dallas city council expected to allow hotel bond sales following June 19 vote

The beginning of bond sales effectively means that construction on the hotel can begin.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Construction crew working at new Dallas convention center hotel site busts water main

A jet of water gushed out, not unlike the taxpayer dollars that will be required to fund this thing. Ba-da-bing!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Proposition One victory reinforces my decision to move to Dallas

Shawn Williams says that we -the citizens of Dallas- are on the verge of making Dallas the best city that it can be.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Dallas voters approve of city-run convention hotel by small margin

Proposition 1 failed which means that the hotel will go on.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Food Marketing Institute cancels its conferences in Dallas next week because of ahem swine flu

On the bright side, you'll be able to get a parking space near the Convention Center no problem.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Arlington councilperson Kathryn Wilemon to host Town Hall Meeting on tourism impact

The meeting is set for Feb. 19 at the Fire Training Center on Ron McAndrew Drive.

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009

North Texans told to expect Gulf Coast refugees

Use of Convention Center for evacuees could be limited by scheduled Wal-Mart convention.

Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008

Jaws” to headline McKinney sci fi-comic-gaming convention

Richard “Jaws” Kiel (Moonraker, Happy Gilmore) heads the long list of media guests appearing at the three-day event.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Dallas Convention Bureau launches visitblackdallas.com, African-American web portal

The DCVB is targeting three African-American conventions that they hope to lure to Dallas now that the convention center hotel is coming on line.

Friday, July 11, 2008

West End’s Wild Bill’s Western Store is Dallas landmark

Dewbre planned his store so as to create an atmosphere of warmth and friendliness wherein customers will feel that they're at a best friend's house.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Dallas City Council approves purchase of land for Convention Center Hotel

Council members voted 11-2 in favor of buying land for the project at Lamar and Young Streets.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Dallas Fort Worth Tourism Council releases “30 tourism secrets”

The council turns 30 years old this year. Coincidence? I think not.

Friday, May 9, 2008

Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and City Council are plotting to make convention center hotel a city project

One more disastrous development in a series that taxpayers will ultimately pay for.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

UPDATED: Dallas mayor leads trade mission to China

Trip will promote trade, investment, tourism and non-stop flight

Council members have visited Tiananmen Square and signed a friendship agreement with Qingdao.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and City Council moving quickly to overpay for convention-center hotel site

They're fast-tracking a vote on February 27 to hurry hurry hurry and spend $40 million-plus on a piece of land that's valued at only $7 million.

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008

Dallas to host 2008 Tejano Music Convention

The convention will bring more than 7,000 fans to the Dallas Convention Center from August 15-17.

Friday, Feb. 15, 2008

Hotel on Dallas Convention Center’s north side: It ain’t over yet

If the city of Dallas doesn't purchase the land on the north side before Sept. 30, the $500,000 goes down the drain.

Friday, Feb. 15, 2008

Dallas City Council lays down $500,000 to option land for convention center hotel

They're acting about as irrational as a fashionista who's desperate for a new pair of Manolos.

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008

City of Dallas finally designates land for proposed convention center hotel

It only took twenty years for Dallas to get this far.

Friday, Feb. 8, 2008

Dallas to host 2010 U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce convention

The convention is the largest gathering of Hispanic business owners in the country.

Monday, Feb. 4, 2008

Dallas Convention Center hotel should go on building’s south side

Just south of the convention center an entertainment district already exists and the area continues to blossom.

Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008

Six Flaggs” offering bonus checks to lure beer drinkers?

Startling parallels to other corporate shenanigans in Tarrant County. Beer for oil anyone?

Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008

Dallas would benefit from a Convention Center hotel

A hotel built near the Dallas Convention Center is essential in helping Dallas gain ground on other cities when vying for convention business.

Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007

Preview Fort Worth’s Bearfire Ski Resort

Hey, if we can play hockey here, why can't we ski?

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Fort Worth stockyards area will get a facelift

Here comes the giant freakin' belt buckle.

Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006

Tourism Head Says Dallas Fabulous for Gays

Dallas is now the seventh-most popular gay business travel destination. (Who measures these things anyway?)

Monday, Nov. 20, 2006


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