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Report: Convention market shrinks while Orange spends more | Commentary

Orange County has already spent more than $2 billion to build and expand its convention center, which is rarely fully occupied and continues to run a deficit as the convention market shrinks. Yet county commissioners recently voted to spend $560 million to expand the center again. (Joshua C. Cruey / Orlando Sentinel)
Orange County has already spent more than $2 billion to build and expand its convention center, which is rarely fully occupied and continues to run a deficit as the convention market shrinks. Yet county commissioners recently voted to spend $560 million to expand the center again. (Joshua C. Cruey / Orlando Sentinel)
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Maxwell: The convention meeting market is shrinking. But Orange County continues to spend money to expand its money-losing center

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