Battle over Vicksburg convention center continues: Warren County residents question equity of latest action. (Focus: Hotels and Convention Centers)

Mississippi Business Journal | March 9, 1992| | Copyright

Vicksburg is turning away conventions--sometimes up to five groups weekly--but an upcoming referendum on a proposed convention center may prevent the city from building the much needed facility.

"This office turns away four or five meetings and conventions of from 125 people to 600 people every week," said Lenore Barkley, executive director of Vicksburg Tourist and Convention Bureau, "because we don't have a facility to host them. We don't have a place with break-out rooms where they can meet all day and have a banquet at night."

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