Comments on: Coming to Cleveland: The world’s second-ever medical convention center http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/11/coming-to-cleveland-the-worlds-second-ever-medical-convention-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coming-to-cleveland-the-worlds-second-ever-medical-convention-center MedCity News Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:17:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ken M http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/11/coming-to-cleveland-the-worlds-second-ever-medical-convention-center/comment-page-1/#comment-66551 Ken M Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:56:02 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=14548#comment-66551 The downtown main focus is $$$, not a medical mart, and not a convention center. IF you want to achieve the goal fast and much cheaper, place the Medical Mart inside the IX Center (interior remodeling). The IX Center is over 1 million square feet. Its centrally located in the County (remember its a county tax not a City of Cleveland tax that is paying for it). It can be connected to the CLE airport and RTA Rapid via an elevated monorail system (federal infrastructure funding), The monorail can be connected to new hotels (Disney World style) at no cost to taxpayers on available land adjacent to the IX Center. Remember, most of the Medcial Mart visitors will be arriving at the airport, requiring only a 2-3 minute ride on the monorail to their hotel and then Medical Mart. Access to night life and restaurants would be via the monorail to the CLE airport then the RTA Rapid to Tower City without ever having to go outside in the Northern Ohio weather or having to hail a cab. A short cab or bus ride down Euclid Avenue from Tower City is the Playhouse Square Area. You could also include the new casino in this entertainment mix. The real advantage is we could have the Medical Mart up and running in one years time. This also makes sense from a sustainability point of view, I.E. reuse of the IX Center, and public transportation. The downtown main focus is $$$, not a medical mart, and not a convention center. IF you want to achieve the goal fast and much cheaper, place the Medical Mart inside the IX Center (interior remodeling).

The IX Center is over 1 million square feet. Its centrally located in the County (remember its a county tax not a City of Cleveland tax that is paying for it). It can be connected to the CLE airport and RTA Rapid via an elevated monorail system (federal infrastructure funding), The monorail can be connected to new hotels (Disney World style) at no cost to taxpayers on available land adjacent to the IX Center. Remember, most of the Medcial Mart visitors will be arriving at the airport, requiring only a 2-3 minute ride on the monorail to their hotel and then Medical Mart.

Access to night life and restaurants would be via the monorail to the CLE airport then the RTA Rapid to Tower City without ever having to go outside in the Northern Ohio weather or having to hail a cab. A short cab or bus ride down Euclid Avenue from Tower City is the Playhouse Square Area. You could also include the new casino in this entertainment mix.

The real advantage is we could have the Medical Mart up and running in one years time. This also makes sense from a sustainability point of view, I.E. reuse of the IX Center, and public transportation.

]]> By: Does health IT need market centers? | ZDNet Healthcare | ZDNet.com http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/11/coming-to-cleveland-the-worlds-second-ever-medical-convention-center/comment-page-1/#comment-40387 Does health IT need market centers? | ZDNet Healthcare | ZDNet.com Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:48:19 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=14548#comment-40387 [...] Cleveland and Nashville think so. Both have plans to take on New York’s World Product Centre (across from the Javits Convention Center) with year-round market facilities. [...] [...] Cleveland and Nashville think so. Both have plans to take on New York’s World Product Centre (across from the Javits Convention Center) with year-round market facilities. [...]

]]> By: Nashville medical mart expected to announce site Monday, turning up the heat on Cleveland : MedCity News http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/11/coming-to-cleveland-the-worlds-second-ever-medical-convention-center/comment-page-1/#comment-39440 Nashville medical mart expected to announce site Monday, turning up the heat on Cleveland : MedCity News Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:29:32 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=14548#comment-39440 [...] Developers from the Cleveland and Nashville projects have repeatedly said that the first medical mart to open would enjoy a significant advantage over its competitors. Industry experts doubt whether the nation can support more than one medical mart. “Being first is a key element to victory,” Bill Winsor, president of the company that’s developing Nashville’s medical mart, said earlier this year. [...] [...] Developers from the Cleveland and Nashville projects have repeatedly said that the first medical mart to open would enjoy a significant advantage over its competitors. Industry experts doubt whether the nation can support more than one medical mart. “Being first is a key element to victory,” Bill Winsor, president of the company that’s developing Nashville’s medical mart, said earlier this year. [...]

]]> By: Four public meetings on medical mart set for early next year : MedCity News http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/11/coming-to-cleveland-the-worlds-second-ever-medical-convention-center/comment-page-1/#comment-39311 Four public meetings on medical mart set for early next year : MedCity News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:13:28 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=14548#comment-39311 [...] Cleveland fighting similar planned projects in New York and Nashville for the distinction of hosting the nation’s first-ever [...] [...] Cleveland fighting similar planned projects in New York and Nashville for the distinction of hosting the nation’s first-ever [...]

]]> By: Medical mart, convention center project at risk? — MedCity Weekend Rounds : MedCity News http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/11/coming-to-cleveland-the-worlds-second-ever-medical-convention-center/comment-page-1/#comment-38146 Medical mart, convention center project at risk? — MedCity Weekend Rounds : MedCity News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:55:08 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=14548#comment-38146 [...]      ♦   Cleveland’s back-to-the-drawing-board medical mart and convention center has frustrated local politicians. But in a development even more significant to the success of the project, recent construction setbacks suggest one competing medical convention center — Nashville Medical Trade Center — could open ahead of Cleveland’s. [...] [...]      ♦   Cleveland’s back-to-the-drawing-board medical mart and convention center has frustrated local politicians. But in a development even more significant to the success of the project, recent construction setbacks suggest one competing medical convention center — Nashville Medical Trade Center — could open ahead of Cleveland’s. [...]

]]> By: Cleveland’s medical mart draws ’strong interest’ from 20 companies, but no deals immiment : MedCity News http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/11/coming-to-cleveland-the-worlds-second-ever-medical-convention-center/comment-page-1/#comment-37600 Cleveland’s medical mart draws ’strong interest’ from 20 companies, but no deals immiment : MedCity News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:22:14 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=14548#comment-37600 [...] now, MMPI won’t provide specifics about an opening date except to say that it’ll happen sometime in 2013. Developers of a competing medical mart project in New York, which also has no official opening [...] [...] now, MMPI won’t provide specifics about an opening date except to say that it’ll happen sometime in 2013. Developers of a competing medical mart project in New York, which also has no official opening [...]

]]> By: Grant Hammond http://www.medcitynews.com/2009/11/coming-to-cleveland-the-worlds-second-ever-medical-convention-center/comment-page-1/#comment-37321 Grant Hammond Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:56:19 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=14548#comment-37321 This is a great comparison of the race that is on between Cleveland and Nashville. It is amazing to get a glimpse into what is going on behind the scenes. This is a great comparison of the race that is on between Cleveland and Nashville. It is amazing to get a glimpse into what is going on behind the scenes.

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