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Seattle — Key Arena may still be physically part of the Seattle Center, a complex that also includes Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center, but the 15,500 arena now has its own online presence. Seattle Center and AEG Facilities have launched the Key’s first first ever, exclusively dedicated website – www.KeyArena.com. 

Few trade shows are so big that the Mayor of the destination attends, but in Denver, both John Hickenlopper, Mayor of the city, as well as Colorado Governor, Bill Ritter, were on hand to welcome the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Snow Show, proclaimed the largest Convention Booking ever for the city’s Convention & Visitor’s Bureau.

Last year, Center for Exhibition Industry Research found that Orlando, Florida was the leading destination for healthcare and medical meetings. This year, Metropoll XIII has found that this Florida destination has even wider appeal.

The Tulsa Convention Center unveiled the centerpiece of its expansion and renovation in January with a Grand Opening celebration of the Tulsa Ballroom. The ribbon cutting and debut of the ballroom—proclaimed the largest ballroom in Oklahoma—capped of the completion of the Center’s renovation.