News Articles
- PCMA Convene, 2/12, Cobo Center, the New Face of Metro Detroit Conventions
- Exhibitors Daily, 2/17/12, Helen Holtzer, Cobo operating revenue more than doubles in FY2011
- Exhibitor Online, 2/16/12, Cobo Center Operating Revenue More Than Doubles in FY2011, Taxpayer Subsidies Drop Sharply
- Detroit Free Press, 2/11/12, John Gallagher, Cobo Center's operating revenues double
- Crain's Detroit Business, 2/10/12, Dan Duggan, Report: Cobo Center more than doubled revenue, cut subsidies in latest fiscal year
- Detroit Free Press, 2/10/12, John Gallagher, Audit shows uptick in Cobo Center revenues
- WDIV Detroit, 2/10/12, Cobo Center revenue more than doubles in 2011
- Crains Detroit Business/ 2/6/12, Sherri Welch, Putting Cobo center stage
- PR Newswire, 2/6/12, Detroit to Host TEAMS '12 Conference
- Exhibitor Online, 2/2/12, Detroit to host TEAMS '12 Conference & Expo
- CBS Money Watch, 2/2/12, Detroit's Cobo Center Hosted the 2012 North American International Auto Show Under New Induction Lighting
- SportsTravel, 1/26/12, Lisa Furline, Detroit to Host TEAMS '12 Conference & Expo
- Crain's Detroit Business, 1/26/12, Sherri Welch, Detroit convention bureau touts the meetings coming to Coboat its annual meeting
- Trade Show News Network, 1/26/12, Rachel Wimberly, TEAMS Conference & Expo Heading to Detroit in October
- Crain's Detroit Business, 1/26/12, Michelle Munoz, Detroit wins sports event organizer conference
- CBS Detroit, 1/26/12, Detroit To Host June Job Fair For Veterans
- Detroit Free Press, 1-/25/12, John Gallagher, National Veterans Small Business Conference to be held at Cobo in June
- Crain's Detroit Business, 1/25/11, Michelle Munoz, 6,000 expected at Cobo Center for June smail-business conference for vererans
- Successful Meetings, 1/17/12, Matt Alderton, Cobo Center Earns Green Venue Certification
- GreeningDetroit.com, 1/17/12, Cobo Center earns MI Green Venue Certification
- WDET Detroit, 1/15/12, Quinn Klinefelter, Cobo Renovates Amid Detroit's Financial Woes
- Exhibitors Daily, 1/16.12, Auto Show to stay at Cobo through 2017
- Exhibit City News, 1/13/12, Cobo Center to make 2012 auto show more family friendly
- Fox 2 News, 1/10/12, Jason Carr, Cobo GM: Visitors Will Notice Changes during the Auto Show
- Association Conventions & Facilities, 1/9/12, Cobo Center now largest Green Venues Michigan facility
- The Detroit News, 1/7/12, Editorials: Cobo proves benefits of regional cooperation
- Tell Us Detroit, 1/7/12, Cobo Center earns MI Green Venue Certification
- Crain's Detroit Business /6/12, Meghana Keshavan, Deal keeps auto show in Cobo, $1.75 billion in local economy, through 2017
- Washington Examiner, 1/6/12, Detroit auto show, Cobo Center sign 5-year deal
- Bloomberg Businessweek, 1/6/12, Detroit auto show, Cobo Center sign 5-year deal
- CBS Money Watch, 1/6/12, Detroit auto show, Cobo Center sign 5-year deal
- WDIV Channel 4, 1/5/12, Detroit auto show, Cobo to sign extended deal
- Detroit News, 1/5/12, Jaclyn Trop, Shoppe (in Cobo Center) will showcase Detroit's Finest
- WXYZ Channel 7 News 1/5/12, New deal keeps North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center
- Detroit Free Press, 1/5/12, It's official: Auto show signs 5-year deal to stay at Cobo
- PR Newswire, 1/5/12, New Contract with Cobo Center Locks in North American International Auto Show Through 2017
- Reuters, 1/5/12, New Contract with Cobo Center Locks in North American International Auto Show Through 2017
- MLive, 1/5/12, Michael Wayland, Officials: Five-year auto show deal with Cobo to pump $1.75B into metro Detroit economy
- Fox 2 News, 1/5/12, Detroit Auto Show, Cobo Agree to Multiyear Deal
- WDIV Channel 4 News, 1/4/12, Detroit auto show, Cobo to sign extended deal
- MITechNews, 1/4/12, Cobo Center Earns MI Green Venue Certification
- WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit, 1/4/12, Auto Show to Stay at Cobo Center
- Exhibit City News, 1/4/12, Cobo Center earns MI Green Venue Certification
- WDIV Channel 4, 1/4/12, Detroit auto show, Cobo agree to multiyear deal
- Midwest Meetings, 1/4/12, Cobo Center Earns Michigan Green Venue Certification
- Successful Meetings, 1/3/12, Matt Alderton, Detroit's Cobo Center Adopts Construction Mascot: COBOTRON
- Crain's Detroit Business, 1/1/12, Dustin Walsh, Auto show's support system
- Detroit Free Press, 12/24/11, Tom Walsh, The best Michigan business stories of 2011
- Midwest Meetings, 12/21/11, Cobo Center Awards Scholarship to CSS Student for Mascot Design,
- Exhibit City News, 12/20/11, Cobo Center awards scholarship to CCS student for mascot design
- Facilities Online, 12/19/11 COBOTRON Creator Gets Scholarship Money
- Crains Detroit Business, 12/19/11, Robot mascot (Cobotron) on guard at Cobo
- Bethany Radloff, Illustrator, 12/18/11, Cobotron
- Detroit Free Press, 12/14/11, John Gallagher, Cobo renovations show progress before auto show
- Crain's Detroit Business, 12/14/11, Daniel Duggan, What auto show attendees can expect to see at Cobo Center
- mlive.com, 12/14/11, Michael Wayland, Reconstructing Cobo: Renovations aim to attract business, enhance Detroit auto show
- mlive.com, 12/14/11, Michael Wayland, Renovated Cobo Center gearing up for Detroit's 2012 North American International Auto Show
- Tell Us Detroit, 12/14/11, Harold Meeks, Cobo Convention Center takes on a new look as it prepares for the 2012 North American International Auto Show
- Detroit News, 12/14/11, Steve Pardo, Cobo Center stretching out for auto show
- Detroit 20/20, Channel 7 News, 12/8/11, Inside Look at Cobo Center Renovations
- CBS Detroit News, 12/7/11, Jeff Gilbert, North American International Auto Show Taking Shape
- Detroit Free Press, 12/6/11, Brent Snavely, Lots of big reveals planned for 2012 Detroit auto show
- Trade Show Executive, December 2011, Hil Anderson, Detroit Enters Home Stretch of Phase 2 of Cobo Overhaul
- Detroit Free Press, 11/9/11, John Gallagher, Financing secured for Cobo renovation
- Crain's Detroit Business, 11/9/11, Nancy Kaffer, Cobo board gets funding for renovation
- Exhibitor Online, 10/14/11, Detroi's Cobo Center Awards Freeman AV Preferred In-House Vendor Status
- Facilities Online, 10/10/11, Undergoing Renovation & Expansion, Cobo Center to Develop New Branding
- Crain's Detroit Business, 10/6/11, Matthew Gryczen, The evolution of a regional relationship
- Exhibit City News, 10/5/11, Lovio George Awarded Brand Development Contract for Detroit
- Exhibitors Daily, 10/3/11, Helen Holzer, Transformation of Cobo expected by 2015
- Exhibitor Online, 9/30/11, Tim Herrick, Lovio George Awarded Brand Development contract for Detroit's Cobo Center
- Tell Us Detroit News Network, 9/29/11, Lovio Geoge Awarded Brand Development Contract of New Cobo Center in Detroit
- Crains Detroit Business, 9/25/11, Daniel Duggan and Constance Crump, Cobo rising: Reconstruction, end corruption, new leaders form focus of ad campaign
- Crains Detroit Business, 9/25/11, Constance Crump $200M Cobo growth spurt underway
- Meetings & Incentive Travel Canada, 9/22/11, Detroit's Cobo Centre Undergoing Exhibit Hall Expansion
- Black Meetings & Tourism, 7/11/11, Reinvention of Detroit's Cobo Conference & Exhibition Center unveiled through years $221 million customer focused renovation
- Fox 2 News, 7/5/11, Alexis Wiley, Ford Auditorium to Meet the Wrecking Ball
- PR Newswire, 6/16/11, NAIAS 2012 to Feature Two-Day Press Conference Schedule
- CBS Detroit, 6/16/11, Jeff Gilbert, Getting Ready for the 2012 Auto Show
- Fox 2 News, 6/3/11, Jason Carr, One Last Look at Detroit's Cobo Arena
- Michigan Meetings & Events, 5/19/11, Cobo Center wins editors choice for best renovation design award
- National Real Estate Investor, 5/1/11, Denise Kalette, Detroit Fights for New Business with $270 Million Convention Center Expansion
- Exhibitor Online, 4/28/11, Exhibit Hall Expansion Underway at Cobo Center
- Fox 2 Morning Show, 4/26/11, Cobo's Chef Jamie Cooks Creole Chicken
- Fox 2 News, 4/22/11, Cobo Center getting a massive makeover
- WXYZ 7 News, 4/20/11, Free Wayne Co. Health Expo at Cobo
- Fox 2 News, 4/20/11, Wayne County Hosting Free Health Expo for the Uninsured
- Historic Pictures of Cobo Center, Detroit News
- WXYZ 7 News, 4/13/11, Student automotive design competition is feature at SAE World Congress at Cobo Center
- WXYZ 7 News, 4/12/11, SAE 2011 World Congress Career Fair at Cobo
- CVent, 3/17/11, Brad Crawford, Detroit Fires Up a $220 Million Cobo Center Expansion
- Successful Meetings Magazine, Midwest, 3/15/11, Detroit’s Cobo Center Unveils Three-Year, $221 Million Expansion Plan
- IAVM News, 3/15/11, Reinvention of Detroit’s Cobo & Exhibition Center Unveiled
- Product Sourcing, 3/10/11, 221 Million Plan Unveiled for Detroit’s Cobo Center
- SpinalColumn, 3/9/11, Kirk Pinho, Officials unveil $221 million worth of renovations, upgrades
- NPR News For Michigan, 3/7/11, Steve Carmody, Facelift for Detroit’s Cobo Center
- Facilities Online, 3/7/11, Cobo Announces Reinvention
- Construction Digital Magazine, 3/4/11, Laura Clapper, Detroit’s Cobo Conference Center getting a $221M Renovation
- Exhibitors Daily, 3/5/11, Helen Holzer, Cobo unveils $221 reinvention plan
- Meetings & Conventions, 3/2/11, Michael C. Lowe, Detroit’s Cobo Center to Reveal $300 Million Renovation Plan Today
- Expo Web, 3/2/11, Bill Mickey, Detroit’s Cobo Center Details $221Million Renovation Plan
- Tell Us Detroit, 3/2/11, Reinvention of Detroit’s Cobo Conference & Exhibition Center Unveiled Through Three-Year, $221Million Customer-Focused Renovation and Expansion Plan
- Travel Pulse, 3/2/11, Detroit’s Cobo Conference Centre to Get $221 Million Expansion
- Wall Street Journal, 3/2/11, Matthew Dolan, Detroit Venue, Home to Auto Show, to Get Face Lift
- WXYZ ABC 7 News, 3/2/11, Mary Conway, Next phase of $300 million Cobo renovation project to be revealed
- TV20 Detroit News, 3/2/11, Jorge Avellan, Reinventing Cobo
- Oakland Press, 3/2/11, Dave Phillips, Cobo Arena improvements announced
- CBS Detroit, 3/2/11, Plans Unveiled for Renovation of Cobo Center
- WJBK Fox 2, Detroit, 3/2/11, Major Changes Coming to Cobo Center
- Crain's Detroit Business, 3/2/11, Daniel Duggan, Cobo gets $221 million upgrade
- dbusiness, 3/2/11, Detroit's Cobo Center to Undego Three-Year, 221M Renovation and Expansion
- WXYZ ABC News, 3/2/11, Next phase of $300 million Cobo renovation project to be revealed
- WWJTV CBS Detroit, 1/30/11 Michigan Matters: Big Four at Detroit Economic Club, Carol Cain
- Detroit Free Press, 1/13/11, Kathleen Gray, Detroit convention lineup not flashy, but it’s huge deal
- Channel 7 WXYZ Detroit evening news, 1/12/11, Stephen Clark interview for Detroit 2020. Is Cobo Center Big Enough?
- Channel 7 WXYZ Detroit evening news, 1/12/11, Designers and engineers at Cobo for Auto Show Spy Day
- Powering Michigan's Future WJR Detroit 760 AM (January 13, 2011) - This month's edition of "Powering Michigan's Future": What's going on with The Cobo Conference and Exhibition Center, and the 2011 NAIAS has arrived in Detroit.
- Channel 7 WXYZ Detroit evening news, 1/12/11, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing tours the Auto Show
- Detroit 2020, Channel 7 WXYZ Detroit, 1/12/11, Is Cobo Center Big Enough?
- The Montreal Gazette, 1/11/11, Dave Hall and Ellen Van Wageningen, Windsor Star, Detroit a showcase of optimism
- Crain’s Detroit Business, 1/11/11, Nancy Kaffer, Cobo's gradual face-lift to continue after the auto show
- Crain’s Detroit Business, 1/11/11, Auto show video interviews: The upbeat goes on
- WXYZ 7 Detroit Evening News , 1/5/11, Mary Conway, Sneak peek behind the scenes of the North American International Auto Show
- WXYZ 7 Detroit Evening News , 1/5/11, Mary Conway, Auto Show expected to pump $400 million into Detroit area economy
- Fox 2 News Morning Show, 1/5/11, Cobo Center Chefs cooking video
- WWJTV CBS Detroit, 1/5/11, by Jeff Gilbert, Cobo Ready For 2011 Auto Show; Set To Begin Long Term Expansion
- WWJTV CBS Detroit 1/5/11 New Cobo Eatery To Showcase Detroit’s Greatest Hits
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