You know, most people don't realize just how important the convention center expansion is. It's economic impact is more than some more hotels and restaurants.
The PA Convention Center is the number one convention center for medical conventions in the country, and maybe the world. With the expansion, that will be even more the case. That means that medical and biotech companies are coming here in large numbers and get to see the city up close. What's more, if a medical or biotech related company wants to do in-person sales and marketing, then there would be no better place in the world to do that than Center City Philadelphia. The PA Convention Center is becoming the epicenter of the world's medical, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries.
Many life-science and medical related companies might see having an office, or their HQ, in Philadelphia as a must for the sales and marketing opportunities.
Also, the convention center is located between, and within walking distance to, the Comcast Center, and its growing news channel, on one side and the Constitution Center on the other. That would make the PA Convention Center a prime location for any political or social organizations that want some media attention.
