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Filed under: Convention facilities -- United States -- Finance

Build it and they will come : do taxpayer-financed sports stadiums, convention centers, and hotels deliver as promised for America's cities? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 29, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Domestic Policy (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Convention facilities -- California -- San Diego -- Costs

Reports on costs and financial feasibility : Centre City governmental facilities (The City Manager, 1961), by San Diego (Calif.). Office of the City Manager, Inc San Diegans, San Diego (Calif.). Office of City Auditor and Comptroller, and San Diego (Calif.). Planning Department (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Convention facilities -- California -- San Diego -- Planning

A condensed economic report, proposed construction project, Plaza Auditorium and Garage, San Diego, California ([C. Shattuck], 1954), by Chas. B. Shattuck (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Convention facilities -- California -- Santa Cruz -- Planning

Santa Cruz convention center feasibility study (The Bureau?, 1967), by Santa Cruz (Calif.). Convention and Visitors Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Convention facilities -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Planning

Illinois tourism industry (Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission, 2002), by Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Convention facilities -- Michigan -- Detroit

Detroit, the newest convention city. (Dept. Report and Information Committee, 1959), by Detroit Civic Center Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

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Filed under: Convention facilities -- Design and construction

A building for the International Peace Conference (1911), by Edward Roy Ludwig (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Design for a national convention hall (1909), by Richard McP. Cabeen (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Convention facilities -- Finance -- Law and legislation -- Washington (D.C.)

District of Columbia Convention Center and Sports Arena Authorization Act of 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)
HR 1862, District of Columbia Convention Center Preconstruction Act of 1995, and H.R. 1843, District of Columbia Sports Arena Financing Act of 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)
An Act to Amend the District of Columbia Convention Center and Sports Arena Authorization Act of 1995 to Revise the Revenues and Activities Covered under Such Act, and for Other Purposes. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Convention facilities -- Washington (D.C.) -- Finance

The new Washington Convention Center : hearing before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, July 15, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1999), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Washington Convention Center (Washington, D.C. : Ninth Street) -- Finance

District of Columbia Convention Center and Sports Arena Authorization Act of 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Washington Convention Center (Washington, D.C. : Ninth Street) -- Buildings -- Maintenance and repair -- Finance

An Act to Permit the Washington Convention Center Authority to Expend Revenues for the Operation and Maintenance of the Existing Washington Convention Center and for Preconstruction Activities Relating to a New Convention Center in the District of Columbia, to Permit a Designated Authority of the District of Columbia to Borrow Funds for the Preconstruction Activities Relating to a Sports Arena in the District of Columbia and to Permit Certain Revenues to Be Pledged as Security for the Borrowing of Such Funds, and for Other Purposes. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1995), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Convention facilities -- Washington (D.C.)

Status of construction of the Convention Center : hearing before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, January 18, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)
Civic center for Washington, D.C. : an economic development project of the District of Columbia government. (Executive Office of the Mayor, Municipal Planning Office, 1977), by District of Columbia. Municipal Planning Office (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Site selection analysis for a civic center in Washington, D.C. (The Office, 1977), by District of Columbia. Municipal Planning Office, United States. Economic Development Administration, and Gladstone Associates (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Convention facilities -- Washington (D.C.) -- Costs

The new Washington Convention Center : hearing before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, July 15, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1999), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)
Status of the new convention center project (The Office, 1998), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Convention facilities -- Washington (D.C.) -- Location

Status of the new convention center project (The Office, 1998), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Conference rooms -- Washington (D.C.) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

National office meeting planner's guide (Dept. of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1991), by United States. Internal Revenue Service. National Office. Customer Service Project (page images at HathiTrust)
National office meeting planner's guide (Dept. of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1991), by United States. Internal Revenue Service. National Office. Customer Service Project (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Washington Convention Center (Washington, D.C. : Mount Vernon Place)

Status of construction of the Convention Center : hearing before the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, January 18, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the District of Columbia (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Conference rooms -- Virginia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

National office meeting planner's guide (Dept. of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1991), by United States. Internal Revenue Service. National Office. Customer Service Project (page images at HathiTrust)
National office meeting planner's guide (Dept. of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 1991), by United States. Internal Revenue Service. National Office. Customer Service Project (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Conference rooms -- Washington (State)

Fort Worden State Park Conference Center : a report (The Commission, 1972), by Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Hospitality industry -- United States -- Statistics

1997, Summary, 1997 economic census, accommodation and foodservices, subject series (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, 2001), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Bars (Drinking establishments) -- United States

Stage-coach and tavern days (The Macmillan Company;, 1900), by Alice Morse Earle, Berwick & Smith, J.S. Cushing & Co, Norwood Press, Macmillan & Co, and Macmillan Company (page images at HathiTrust)
The sale of food and drink at common law and under the Uniform sales act. (Prentice-Hall, 1936), by Harry C. W. Melick (page images at HathiTrust)
What became of the distilleries, breweries and saloons in the United States of America (World League Against Alcoholism, 1921), by Ernest Hurst Cherrington and World League Against Alcoholism (page images at HathiTrust)
Census of hotels: 1930. United States summary. (United States Gov. print. off., 1931), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Food service -- United States

Sponsor handbook (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1973), by United States Department of Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust)
Site handbook (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 1973), by United States Department of Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust)
Small quantity cooking : food service specialist. (Dept. of the Army], 1985), by United States. Dept. of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
U.S. Marine Corps Food Service and Subsistence Program. (Dept. of the Navy, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, 1992), by United States Marine Corps (page images at HathiTrust)
The economic effects of franchising ([U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1971), by Urban B. Ozanne, Shelby D. Hunt, United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business, and United States Small Business Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimated number of days' supply of food and beverages in establishments that serve food for on-premise consumption : a civil defense study (Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1965), by Michael G. Van Dress (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimated number of days' supply of food and beverages in establishments that serve food for on-premise consumption (Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1965), by Michael G. Van Dress and United States. Economic Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Estimated number of days' supply of food and beverages in retail food stores, 1963 : a civil defense study (Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1965), by Eugene C. Pape and Michael G. Van Dress (page images at HathiTrust)
Milk consumption and food service patterns in selected eastern and midwestern institutions (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service in cooperation with Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, 1967), by Herbert Holms Moede, Truman F. Graf, Robert A. Cropp, University of Wisconsin. Agricultural Experiment Station, and United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Types of food service offered and number of outlets in the food service industry : a preliminary report (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 1967), by Michael G. Van Dress and William Harold Freund (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Hotels -- United States

American Apartment Houses, Hotels and Apartment Hotels of Today: Exterior and Interior Photographs and Plans (New York: Architectural Book Pub. Co., c1929), by R. W. Sexton, contrib. by Raymond M. Hood (page images at HathiTrust)
The Travelers Legal Guide and Business Man's Directory: Being the Duties of Railroad Companies, and Steamboat and Stage-Coach Proprietors, in the Transportation of Passengers, Baggage, and Other Property, And Their Responsibilities Relative To Accidents, Injuries to, and the Loss of Property, etc. (Rochester, NY: D. M. Dewey, 1855), by Alexander S. Davis (page images at Ohio Memory)
Fifteenth census of the United States. Census of hotels, 1930. (U.S. Govt. print. off., 1932), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
Early American inns and taverns (R. M. McBride & company, 1926), by Elise L Lathrop (page images at HathiTrust)
Historic hotels (Philadelphia : David McKay Company, 1927., 1927), by Robert B. Ludy, Henry V. Marvel, and Wm. F. Fell & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
Stage-coach and tavern days (The Macmillan Company;, 1900), by Alice Morse Earle, Berwick & Smith, J.S. Cushing & Co, Norwood Press, Macmillan & Co, and Macmillan Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Reminiscences of a hotel man of forty year's service (Worcester Printing Company, 1912), by Henry S. Mower (page images at HathiTrust)
Fifteenth census of the United States. Census of hotels, 1930. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1931), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
The sale of food and drink at common law and under the Uniform sales act. (Prentice-Hall, 1936), by Harry C. W. Melick (page images at HathiTrust)
Sixteenth census of the United States: 1940. Census of business: 1939. Hotels. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1942), by Katrina Curtis Morse and Ralph Charles Janoschka (page images at HathiTrust)
Hotel business (Bellman publishing company, inc., 1940), by Richard Thomas Huntington (page images at HathiTrust)
Census of American business: 1933. United States summaries. Retail trade, wholesale trade, service establishments, places of amusement, hotels. ([Washington, 1935), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
Establishing and operating a year-round motor court (Washington, D.C. : U. S. Government Printing Office, [1945], 1945), by Harry Barclay Love (page images at HathiTrust)
Census of American business: 1933. A civil works administration project. ([Washington, 1935), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
Census of hotels: 1930. United States summary. (United States Gov. print. off., 1931), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
Trends in the hotel business; a statistical review of the year 1946. (New York, etc., 1947), by Kerr Forster Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
A pictorial survey of the hotel and restaurant markets. (Ahrens Pub. Co., 1930), by Ahrens Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Development of alternatives to present patterns and settings of alcohol taking (distributed by National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1974), by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.) and Allen & Hamilton Booz (page images at HathiTrust)
Hearing on Code of fair practices and competition presented by restaurant trade industry, November 27-[29], 1933. (J.L. Ward of Ward & Paul, official reporter, 1933), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

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