Comments on: Dr. Heywood Sanders: The Interview http://www.liberadio.com/2009/05/28/dr-heywood-sanders-the-interview/ with Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Wichita’s pursuit of convention business: a wise strategy? http://www.liberadio.com/2009/05/28/dr-heywood-sanders-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-180891 Wichita’s pursuit of convention business: a wise strategy? Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:08:14 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=4270#comment-180891 [...] to an interview with Sanders from 2009. A transcript of an interview with Sanders from 2004 is at “A Lot of Hooey”: Heywood [...] [...] to an interview with Sanders from 2009. A transcript of an interview with Sanders from 2004 is at “A Lot of Hooey”: Heywood [...]

]]> By: First Comes the Conventon Center, Then the Headquarter Hotels » LIBERADIO(!) http://www.liberadio.com/2009/05/28/dr-heywood-sanders-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-159141 First Comes the Conventon Center, Then the Headquarter Hotels » LIBERADIO(!) Thu, 28 May 2009 20:50:11 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=4270#comment-159141 [...] this week’s Liberadio(!) interview with Dr. Heywood Sanders, professor of public administration at the University of Texas at San [...] [...] this week’s Liberadio(!) interview with Dr. Heywood Sanders, professor of public administration at the University of Texas at San [...]

]]> By: Mary Mancini http://www.liberadio.com/2009/05/28/dr-heywood-sanders-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-159132 Mary Mancini Thu, 28 May 2009 19:20:41 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=4270#comment-159132 Thank you for the tip on the book, John. I guess we'll hear their full case on Sunday. We're looking forward to it. Thank you for the tip on the book, John.

I guess we’ll hear their full case on Sunday. We’re looking forward to it.

]]> By: John Lamb http://www.liberadio.com/2009/05/28/dr-heywood-sanders-the-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-159131 John Lamb Thu, 28 May 2009 19:18:08 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=4270#comment-159131 I have always enjoyed the book <i>The American City: What Works and What Doesn't</i>, a free preview of which is available on Google Books. A description of convention centers complete with case studies begins on page 102, with "Ingredients of Success" starting on page 109: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=-0h134NR1s0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=american+city+what+works+what+doesn%27t&ei=0NweSv-wJKXEzgSzr5C9Bw&client=firefox-a#PPA102,M1" rel="nofollow">see here</a>. I hope the May 31 event isn't a binary "Convention Center Good" vs. "Convention Center Bad" debate. As your guest mentioned, we need to know whether the planners drew from the experiences of other cities, what they identified as factors key to the success or failure of convention centers, and what they have done to tailor this plan toward success. Saying that we need a facility that is bigger than our current center would not count as particularly insightful; what else do they have to make their case? I have always enjoyed the book The American City: What Works and What Doesn’t, a free preview of which is available on Google Books. A description of convention centers complete with case studies begins on page 102, with “Ingredients of Success” starting on page 109: see here.

I hope the May 31 event isn’t a binary “Convention Center Good” vs. “Convention Center Bad” debate. As your guest mentioned, we need to know whether the planners drew from the experiences of other cities, what they identified as factors key to the success or failure of convention centers, and what they have done to tailor this plan toward success. Saying that we need a facility that is bigger than our current center would not count as particularly insightful; what else do they have to make their case?

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