D.C. Convention Center's Hotel Set to Open in 2011
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Political leaders touted yesterday's signing of a deal to build a hotel across from the Washington Convention Center as a significant step in their quest to draw more visitors to the District.
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WASHINGTON Washington DC leaders and baseball officials have reached an agreement on financing for a new ballpark that would be the future home of the Washington Nationals.
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The restoration of the Blackstone, a fabled but long vacant hotel, is evidence of a reviving lodging market in one of the countryâs largest convention cities.
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D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) yesterday asked the Washington Convention Center Authority to halt a scheduled vote on recommendations for a new hotel site, delaying action for at least another two weeks.
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Major League Baseball selected  Washington, D.C., as the new home for the Montreal Expos on  Wednesday, bringing the iconic American sport back to the U.S.  capital after a 33-year absence.
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When it opens as a luxury hotel next June, the former Charles Street Jail on Cambridge Street in Boston will have a name reflecting what its former occupants longed for: Liberty.
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By Cheryl Hall, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 11--When it comes to conventions, Las Vegas and Orlando, Fla., sit in the catbird seats. New York is pretty much booked, so Washington, D.C., is landing spillover business.
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Rumors spread that Major League Baseball is edging closer to moving the Expos to Washington as D.C. officials announce plans for a stadium on the Anacostia waterfront.
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Cities across the country are building new convention centers, or adding to old ones, with an eye for distinctive designs and amenities.
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - The District of Columbia Council approved legislation to finance construction of a new ballpark for the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, but the team might have to come up with some money to build it.
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WASHINGTON (Sports Network) - Professional baseball appears  ready to make a return to the nation's capital, as an  announcement could come later this week that the Montreal Expos  will be relocated to Washington, DC for the 2005 season.
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New York City&#39;s hotels are full for the last week of August, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday, boosting his claim that next week&#39;s Republican National Convention will provide an economic boom to the city.
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The civic boosters hoping to draw the 2008 Democratic convention to either New York City or Denver will have to scratch that wish off their holiday gift lists. The Democratic National Committee (DNC), in a statement issued Tuesday, announced that a decision on the convention site Ã¢ÂÂ expected to be made before Jan. 1 Ã¢ÂÂ will now have to wait until after the new year.
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Professional baseball appears ready to make a return to the nation's capital, as an announcement could come later this week that the Montreal Expos will be relocated to Washington, DC for the 2005 season.
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Negotiator for D.C. hotel workers faces crucial test of his leadership.
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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia leaders announced an agreement Monday night that they said would bring the deal to move the Montreal Expos to Washington back from the brink of collapse.
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The board of the Washington Convention Center Authority delayed its vote again yesterday on recommendations for building the city's largest hotel, saying it wants more time to look at where it should go and how to pay for it.