By HARLAN J. LEVY, The New York Times Published on June 26, 2005 When state lawmakers authorized spending $267 million more than five years ago to build the new, glass-dominated Connecticut Convention Center, a study then predicted that in its first year it would hold 167 events bringing in 192,000…

For Immediate Release June 2, 2005 CONNECTICUT CONVENTION CENTER OPEN FOR BUSINESS The Connecticut Convention Center at Adriaen’s Landing in Hartford opened its doors to the public Thursday morning during a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring Governor M. Jodi Rell and Mayor Eddie Perez. Today’s ceremony came four years and two…

Small businesses win more than one in three contracts By Anthony Cronin, New London Day Published on 11/12/2004 Hartford –– More than a third of the contracts awarded for the Connecticut Convention Center being built here have gone to small businesses, including minority and female-owned firms, convention officials said Thursday.…