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https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/sports/2023/06/09/454105/houston-sports-festival-expo-pokatok-2024/ "Pokatok will be held next April 4-7 at the George R. Brown Convention Center and nearby Discovery Green, among other locations, according to an announcement this week by Gow Companies. Its vision is to create a world's fair in Houston that centers around sports, with activities such as live competitions in sports and electronic sports, watch parties, athlete meet-and-greets, panel discussions and vendor exhibitions, said company co-founder and CEO Lawson Gow."

Here's a little panorama I shot from room 8079 at the Hilton Americas.

Is this more of a CoH vs Harris County/Rodeo/Texans convention battle? Has anyone compared these two different venues in terms of how many conventions/year etc? Reliant does seem to fit any criteria the CoH has said it needs for bigger conventions (hotel rooms). It seems like this astrodome proposal will hurt the GRBs business. Is there enough room for two competing convention centers?

This seems like it could be an old/outdated/or dead project since it still mentions mayor Brown, but it has renderings of Discovery Tower and OPP and mentions a May 2009 purchase. Anyone know anything else about this? http://www.globalcenturydev.com/files/HoustonHB5.pdf (this file is separate and does not include the images below...it's for marketing) http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_46727.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_139676.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_20766.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_34928.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_34487.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_89459.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_39961.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_58485.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_52859.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_6586.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_101802.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_28327.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_40954.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_31069.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/gallery/1237377429/med_gallery_723_64_24848.jpg

And the link.. Webcams: http://oxblue.com/open/HoustonFirst/GeorgeRBrownConventionCenter http://www.welbro.com/project/marriott-marquis-hotel/ Renderings: http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/27/36/71/6155860/5/1024x1024.jpg http://www.welbro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Houston-Marriott-Ground-View-Sports-Bar_1.jpg Model: http://strategicadvisorygroup.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/MarriottMarquis-Model.jpg