Tourism takes off.
To accommodate the flood of visitors, there are close to 1,000 rooms under construction and scheduled for completion for the end of 1996 for a total of 14,400 rooms. Unconventional Convention Center. The new 410,000 square foot convention center, built in 1992, features 180,702 square feet of meeting and exhibit space for groups ranging from 10 to 2,300 people. Air Traffic on the Rise. The current airport Robert Mueller Airport averages approximately 120 flights a day and served 5.3 million passengers in 1995.