January 25, 2021
As the pandemic continues to keep many event facilities closed or under-utilized, convention centers across the U.S. are finding new life and purpose by transforming their empty exhibit halls into mass state-run COVID-19 vaccinations sites. Here are several major facilities that are providing this valuable community service, helping to save lives and return the country including the meetings and convention industry to pre-pandemic times as quickly as possible.
New York City. Now, its massive expo halls are being used for a more uplifting purpose. On Jan. 13, the Manhattan-based facility officially became New York’s largest vaccine center and one of the first state-run sites to open its doors.
Construction work on downtown Milwaukee s $420 million convention center expansion to begin in about a year Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Construction work on downtown Milwaukee s $420 million convention center expansion is expected to begin in about a year.
That s according to a project update presented at a Friday board meeting of the Wisconsin Center District, the state-created public agency which operates the Wisconsin Center convention facility.
The expansion, budgeted at $419.9 million, will double the facility s space giving it the ability to host two major events at the same time.
It will add 112,000 square feet to the facility s main exhibition hall for a total of 300,000 square feet.
Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo (EWPTE) 2021 Postponed
The 2021 Electrical Wire Processing Expo (EWPTE) originally scheduled at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for May 11-13, 2021 has been postponed to May 10-12, 2022. As show managers of the 2021 EWPTE, WHMA/IPC and Wisconsin Center District staff met with the newly formed EWPTE exhibitor advisory board. The advisory board comprised of representatives from the following companies: Amphenol CTI, Anixter, Artos, Brady Corporation, Cesar-Scott, DIT-MCO, Dynalab Test Systems, Hellermann Tyton, IEWC, Komax, Molex, Schleuniger Inc., Southwire Company, TE Connectivity and Telsonic unanimously made the critical decision to postpone the event due to ongoing concerns with COVID-19.
Daughter reflects on Milwaukee County s 1st COVID loss as nation mourns
Daughter reflects on Milwaukee County’s 1st COVID loss as nation mourns
Whitley Riley of Milwaukee lost her 66-year-old father, Lawrence, on March 19, the first to die from COVID-19 in Milwaukee County.
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee landmarks were lit up amber Tuesday evening, Jan. 19 as President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris kicked off inaugural events in Washington, D.C. with a lighting ceremony to honor the 400,000 Americans who have died during the coronavirus pandemic.
Milwaukee s Hoan Bridge was among the local landmarks supporting the National Memorial to Lives Lost to COVID-19, lighting up amber in a national moment of unity and remembrance. At Milwaukee s City Hall, the bells rang four times; each ring in memory of 100,000 lives lost. Other landmarks lit up included the following:
Wisconsin Center District finalizing deal with a firm that will help it find a naming-rights sponsor for convention center
Firm could be named next week
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Last updated on January 15th, 2021 at 01:07 pm
The Wisconsin Center District is finalizing a contract with a consultancy firm that will help it land a new naming-rights sponsor for the downtown Milwaukee convention center.
A contract might be finalized and the firm named as soon as next week. It represents a step forward in renaming the Wisconsin Center, which has gone without a sponsor for years.
Marty Brooks, WCD president and chief executive officer updated the district Board of Directors’ Finance Committee on the negotiations with the firm this morning.