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Browns fans... C-mon you will never win a Super Bowl in your lifetime... Cheer for a team who is constantly in the playoffs and going to the AFC Title Game. Denver---THE DRIVE PITTSBURGH-41-0 Baltimore-Art Model That is tough on you; but it just shows how bad that franchise is. Go Steelers!

NFL Should fire that ref. That ball with 5 minutes left was intercepted.. You'd have to be on ecstacy to say otherwise. Go Steelers!

Same here Wheeling. The Q sucks. Quicken Loans Arena sucks... Makes Youngstown's Chevrolet Centre sound better since its one of the most well know US Businesses throughout the World!

Our New Mayor in Youngstown decided in his 2nd week how important it was so he testified before the legislation: Panel OKs end to residency rule By MICHELE C. HLADIK VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT COLUMBUS — Local government employees may soon be able to live anywhere they want and still keep their jobs if legislation eliminating residency requirements passes the Ohio General Assembly. The measure was approved 14-2 Thursday by the House Local and Municipal Government and Urban Revitalization Committee. Mayors or representatives from several Ohio cities, including Youngstown and Toledo, urged the committee not to pass the measure. Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams said the legislation is unconstitutional and would severely harm Ohio's urban areas. more at: http://www.vindy.com/

A story was on 33 WYTV in Youngstown how now the Youngstown Steelhounds will be the only pro team in NE Ohio and on weekends they can grab a couple hundred of the 1,000 Baron ticket holders..... We were partners now I do not know anymore.....

Akron has the Q to the north; the Civic Center of Canton to the South; and the Chevrolet Centre to the east in Downtown Youngstown. So far its been a major success. In 2007 Youngstown will get an ARENA FOOTBALL 2 Team; the 2nd in Ohio. The arena seats about 6K for Hockey and 7K for Concerts..... Indoor Pictures: http://www.downtownyoungstown.com/gallery/convoinside Outdoor Pictures of Construction and Final Product: http://www.downtownyoungstown.com/gallery/convo

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The Allegiant Air Flights on the first day were a major success. Over 400 people flew on 3 flights in and out to Orlando Sanford and Las Vegas!

Go Tribe Everyone. I got a great Indians Board you all need to join as well! Join Here: http://eguins.frihost.net/tribe/index.php Go Tribe!

As do many.. I forgot to mention the Marshall Street Bridge Opened today connecting the lower west sides and the south sides to the downtown and they plan on renovating the Mahoning Ave Bridge parallel to this bridge; by repainting it; making it more pedsetrian friendly; and better lighting.. Also they plan on redoing the rest of West Federal from where they redid the new part of it; Phelps; all the way to Fifth Avenue. They plan to take out the current boulevard and widen it to add diagonal parking the whole way down the road for free for the mostpart.. Add lighting near the curb and that street is becoming a happening place. 1 more not.. The Rosetta Stone Cafe is scheduled to open this winter. Check out there site at www.rosettastonecafe.com and here is a blurb about it.. Rosetta Stone Cafe will be a full-service Internet Cafe and Gourmet Eatery. - The Cafe will have WiFi, workstation and laptop rental, computer classes, network gaming & events, and a business center with high-end PC and Mac workstations, copying, printing, scanning, & faxing services. - The Cafe will be open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, serving specialty coffees and homemade family recipes, with a full-service bar serving import and microbrewed beers, fine liquors, select wines, and handcrafted mixed drinks. - There will be live entertainment onstage and a cigar/pipe lounge with a wide selection of tobacco products.

The Annual Downtown Christmas Tree is set up with lighting next month; I hope to go down there after an event at the Chevrolet Centre and get shots of people walking downtown with a snowy background; I'd say that be nice. Any other info you wanna know?

Back in the 70s it was made into a pedestrian plaza closing vehicle traffic; by reopening it you make room to a developing entertainment district and new growth in the area. Here is the main part of what is now opened: The arena seats 5,700 for hockey and 7,300 for concerts. Check www.chevroletcentre.com for event maps and future events which include Clay Aikens, Lil Jon, Disney on Ice, and MORE! The Reality Building: Is being turned all residential with the top 2 floors as deluxe 2 floor apartments and the bottom floor hopefully will get a sports bar with bw3's across the road. The need for restaurants is at a big high. Also the Wick Building is being made into apartments and dorms for YSU Students and others..That is in the webcam in the top image; its the tallest brown building.. If you want a directory of Downtown Businesses check this out: http://downtownyoungstown.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=5&showtopic=17#37 Any more questions you can im me on aol @ downtownytown THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENTS

Sounds cool and thanks for the compliments Make sure you check.. http://www.chevroletcentre.com for any events that may be at the convo or http://downtownyoungstown.com for a directory of things to do in our area.

From Business Journal Print By Dan O’Brien YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- It’s 10 o’clock on a Friday night, and the length of the downtown’s main thoroughfare is brightly lit by the headlights of a steady stream of vehicles. Pedestrians stroll the sidewalks as they take in an unusually warm November evening and others queue outside restaurants and taverns where they wait to be admitted. It’s Friday night, and the place is downtown Youngstown.

You say that because you smoke; well its disgusting and I won't risk my life because other people smoke in bars while I watch the Games... SIGN

Ryan got that junky Hubbard connector in. But this 11-62 connector is nice. I hate driving to Canton at night on 62. This will make me get there in 40 minutes with some form of light and its safer.... I can't wait!

No. Youngstown is nice and does well with YSU.. So C-Dawg.. No One is sympothizing with your Youngstown HATE.

These WILL NOT LAST. I looked to buy tix and they are around $220 ONE WAY.. Cheapest..

I saw the STATEN ISLAND YANKS AND THE BROOKLYN CYCLONES EACH PLAY VS. THE MAHONING VALLEY SCRAPPERS I THINK IN LATE JULY... Good Fun in the NY-PENN LEAGUE...

http://www.business-journal.com/DodgeKeyBankNamingRights.asp

congrats to CAK.... I can't wait till Youngstown announces the deals with the 2 airlines they are in talks with. I do know where they'd go and they'd bring BIG TIME Competition to CAK-CLE-PIT etc. The one carrier is a newer carrier which goes to smaller cities out of its big hub and the other one; well the name says all and so does whoooo?

Event in November: TRANSIBERIAN ORCHESTRA. I will get a date tonight But I know its in November! Nice Shows so far for the CONVO: DISNEY ON ICE; HOCKEY; and this. Many more shows to be announced in the next week...

Watch video here of the pouring of the concrete: http://www.wytv.com/news/local/1752307.html?video=YHI This was a pretty big day in the construction of Youngstown's Convocation Center. But as Gerry Ricciutti tells us, workers are looking well-beyond the project's completion date. While passersbys can see daily progress outside the Convo Center downtown, the focus today was clearly on the inside. Crews spent the day pouring a massive, 4-inch-think concrete floor, for what will eventually be the center's ice rink. The process is both time-consuming and exacting. Convocation Center executive director Jeff Kossow says, "The most important thing to this process is a level floor, as you might imagine, when we're trying to make ice, in addition to a very smooth floor, so they've spent a long time preparing and getting ready for this day." Underneath all the concrete, a series of pipes almost 11-miles end-to-end where a brine solution will help maintain the ice. Concrete project manager Mel Starko says, "Its calcium chloride, like salt water. It flows through the floor, the reason for the brine is so it won't freeze. The temperature of the floor will be about 15 degrees Fahrenheit." While the floor will cure the next 30-days, work is well-underway scheduling events at the center once it opens in late October. Mayor George McKelvey says, "We're going to be rolling out the opening act, the Christmas act, probably within the next two weeks, the schedule will actually show, and the people will get excited, and actually be able to buy the tickets." This morning, we learned of a couple programs coming up. First off, the Youngstown Steelhounds hockey team will play the first two home games of its inaugural season on November 4th and 5th. Plus, a Disney-On-Ice show called "Jungle Adventure", which has never played in the US before, will perform the week after Christmas. Executives say there will be another event before those first two hockey games, but they're not saying what just yet.

New Pics from www.ytownconvocationcenter.com from July 21. July 13, 2005