At the Greater Baltimore Committee’s annual meeting last month, a crowd of 800 was wowed by plans to expand the Baltimore Convention Center, as well as build a new hotel and arena. But what Baltimoreans may not know is that ...

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A week after unveiling a $500 million pledge by 92-year-old construction magnate Willard Hackerman to build a combined arena and 500-room hotel, executives of the Greater Baltimore Committee are working to seal the deal in writing with executives at Hackerman’s ...

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Over the years, we have grown closer to our neighbor to the south, Washington, D.C. The cities are alike in many ways. Their populations are roughly equal. Many Baltimore residents now commute to jobs in D.C. Many Washingtonians visit our ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake have officially requested that the Maryland Stadium Authority conduct a feasibility study on plans to expand the Baltimore Convention Center and build a new arena and hotel in downtown Baltimore. The study, which ...

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Sweeping redevelopment plans for the Inner Harbor area will be unveiled Wednesday evening by the Greater Baltimore Committee at its annual meeting downtown. Below is an interactive graphic that shows the committee’s plans for the convention center complex and for ...

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Sweeping redevelopment plans for the Inner Harbor — including a $900 million multiplex for a new arena, hotel and expanded convention center, waterfront attractions and a new look for Rash Field — were unveiled Wednesday by the Greater Baltimore Committee. ...

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The Baltimore Convention Center and arena redevelopment could cost as much as $930 million and take seven years to build, according to estimates released Thursday by the Greater Baltimore Committee. The GBC plan includes a new sports arena, a 500-room ...

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There are times in the life of a city that call for bold, even risky action to seize an opportunity that may come once in a generation. This is one of those times. The plan endorsed by the Greater Baltimore ...

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Convention center-arena project urged A plan to raze a portion of the Baltimore Convention Center, the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel and its parking garage and replace them with an expanded convention center and new arena has been endorsed by the ...

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