Convention Center Blooms in the Desert

The expansion of the Palm Springs Convention Center (www.palmspringscc.com) opened earlier this year in Palm Springs, Calif. The $34 million project features an almost all-new 261,000-square-foot facility, which now has 120,000 square feet of carpeted exhibit space, a 20,000-square-foot ballroom, 19 breakout rooms, and a new 18,000-square-foot lobby with panoramic mountain views. The convention center opens almost directly in