City leaders believe new convention center will be big win

Years in the making, Fort Myers officials are confident a world-class convention center will be a crowning achievement — and a big boost for businesses.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 12:15 p.m. November 16, 2020
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Courtesy. Fort Myers area officials believe the 40,000-square-foot Caloosa Sound Convention Center will be a big hit with convention business in a post-pandemic world.
Courtesy. Fort Myers area officials believe the 40,000-square-foot Caloosa Sound Convention Center will be a big hit with convention business in a post-pandemic world.
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The idea of packing crowds into a giant room and having people walk around in clusters — a standard convention center — sounds like pandemic-led anarchy.  

‘Downtown Fort Myers is back in the convention center business. I anticipate this will have a long-lasting impact on the economy of downtown Fort Myers.’ Gary Tasman, Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Property Southwest Florida

 

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