Convention Center-plank

category:Platform_Planks_from_Mark_Rauterkus
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* Insist that all board meetings are open to the public. 
* Insist that the budget for the Convention Center and the Vistors & Convention Breau are open, transparent and understood by the public.
* Don't churn. Look at the big picture and notice net gains.
:Don't tear down two stadiums and build two more. The net gain is zero. Pittsburgh needs to protect its existing assets with stewardship. Next, Pittsburgh needs some real growth. Pittsburgh does not need to spin its wheels.
* Respect and work with the existing business ventures who have been part of the city's fabric so far.
* Those that built the Convention Center should not be the ones to inspect the building when its floors fall.
* I has pushed for the Convention Center to be sold to the winner of the new slots license. It could have been a home for the new slots parlor. I gave this testomony to the Pittsburgh Gambling Task Force, among other places.
* The Convention Center could be given to the Penguins. Then the Convention Center would be a private building. Events could be organized by the Penguins, giving them a new income stream and development deal. Then the new arena could be built next-door to the Convention Center, with private money.
* The Convention Center could host the Xplosion games, as well as other high school sports games.
==Links==
* Convention Center