Cobo Center gets $3 million in repairs before the Detroit Auto Show
By Andrew C., 30 Aug, 2010. 0 Comments
Visitors at the Cobo Center where the Detroit Auto Show will be held would be glad to know that pre-show repairs have been completed, according to the show‚ organizers. Gary Brown, chief construction officer for the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority and owner of Diversity in Design GMB LLC in Dearborn, Mich., said that the six projects cost about $3 million. These included roof leaks and the electrical distribution, which needed to accommodate some of the differing voltages.‚Äù Brown also said that they had also worked on things that were not as obvious. Sam Locricchio, a spokesman for the show from John Bailey & Associates Inc. in suburban Detroit, handles public relations for the auto show. He said that talks had been ongoing on keeping the show at Cobo and the organizers have been able to do that because of ‚Äúbeing able to initiate and complete the first steps of upgrading the facility to be on par with some of the folks on the circuit.‚Äù
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