Tri-Cities Convention Center Making a Good Impression

Nov 8, 2008 Kennewick Business

I spent all day Friday at a small business marketing seminar at the Tri-Cities Convention Center. At some point during the day, my good friend David Mihm, who had driven in from Portland for the event, said something along the lines of, “This is a really nice convention center.”

And he’s absolutely right. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that Friday was my first time inside the convention center, even though it’s been open since 2004. As you can see from the photo above, the exterior is very striking; inside the facility is equally impressive. It’s clean and spacious — a comfortable location for the seminar we attended with close to 100 people.

The Three Rivers Convention Center (its formal name) made $680,000 last year, which is good in and of itself. But there’s also the additional economic impact of the events it hosts. Just from the seminar I attended, consider this:

• At least five speakers who came in from Seattle, Reno, Ohio, and Alabama, needed hotel rooms and ate in local restaurants (PF Chang’s, Tagaris Winery, IHOP).
• My friend David (above) needed a hotel room, and ate meals at 3 Margaritas, Olive Garden, and the Cafe at Queensgate.
• Cari and one of our friends from Ohio are out visiting 3-5 local wineries as I write this.
• Two of the speakers mentioned above are at Carmike Cinemas to see a movie.
• We’ll all be going out (or ordering in) for dinner tonight.
• There’ll be meals all day tomorrow and a trip to the Tri-City Americans game tomorrow night.

That’s a lot of “bonus” economic impact from a one-day marketing seminar at the Tri-Cities Convention Center.

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