baltimore.bizjournals.com - 23 days ago
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Chewbacca won t be coming to Baltimore next year. Organizers of the Star Wars Celebration V rejected the city because its convention center doesn t have enough room, said Tom Noonan, who heads the city tourist bureau. The four-day gathering could have attracted 35,000 visitors and filled 12,000 ...
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theforce.net - 23 days ago
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Bad news for fans living in the Baltimore
area who were hoping that Star Wars Celebration V...
would be coming to their backyard next year: Our own Jay Shepard informs us of a story reported on the Baltimore Business Journal website stating that the ...
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Baltimore Bid For Celebration V Rejected
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Baltimore Bid For Celebration V Rejected
TheForce.Net —
[image] Bad news for fans living in the Baltimore area who were hoping that Star Wars Celebration V would be coming to their backyard next year: Our own Jay Shepard informs us of a story reported on the Baltimore Business Journal website stating that the city's bid for hosting CV was rejected due to insufficient convention center space. See the excerpt from the report below and then click ...
Report: Celebration V won’t be in Baltimore
Club Jade —
The Baltimore Business Journal has revealed that the city’s bid for the 2010 convention has been rejected:
Organizers of the Star Wars Celebration V rejected the city because its convention center doesn’t have enough room, said Tom Noonan, who heads the city tourist bureau. The four-day gathering could have attracted 35,000 visitors and filled 12,000 hotel room nights — a larger impact than any convention the city currently hosts.
The status of bids from Orlando, Chicago or any of the other east coast cities that have been ...
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