DALLAS – Market Center Management Company, the management company of leading trade centers and trade events around the world, today announced that the future of the Nashville Medical Trade Center has been secured with the approval of the Music City Center.

On Tuesday the Metropolitan Council, the legislative body for Nashville and Davidson County, approved funding for the $585 million Music City Center, which is scheduled to open in 2013.

When the Music City Center and Nashville Medical Trade Center open, the total temporary exhibition space in downtown Nashville will reach approximately 800,000 square feet, including the new Music City Center, the Nashville Medical Trade Center, and the Sommet Center. This dynamic space will offer unmatched opportunities for global health care trade events in downtown Nashville.

“With the approval of the Music City Center, we are accelerating our reuse plan for the existing convention center as an open-daily trade center,” said Bill Winsor, president and CEO of Market Center Management Company. “The new convention center is essential for attracting global health care trade events that will welcome tens of thousands of visitors to Nashville. And the trade center will offer both permanent and temporary exhibition space complementing the Music City Center. The synergy between the two facilities will create the most attractive health care exhibition option in the U.S.”

The 2 million square foot Nashville Medical Trade Center will be located in downtown Nashville on the site of the
existing convention center. It will feature three components: up to 1200 permanent manufacturer showrooms for
healthcare product manufacturers, distributors, and information technology companies; 200,000 square feet of temporary trade show space utilizing the existing convention center, reception and meeting rooms; and conference facilities to accommodate a full schedule of education and training events each year. The trade center is slated to open in 2013.

“As the industry learns the advantages of a centrally located, efficient and permanent marketplace they recognize the unique benefits of Nashville,” said David Osborn, senior advisor. “The milestones we have publicly announced have been confirmed by the approval of the Music City Center. We are building momentum as support from health care providers and vendors continue to grow.”

About MCMC
Market Center Management Company (MCMC) is an international wholesale trade center and tradeshow management company based in Dallas, Texas. MCMC and its owner, Crow Holdings, own or manage trade centers and tradeshows on three continents – Asia (ShanghaiMart), Europe (Brussels International Trade Mart), and North America (Dallas Market Center, GlobalTex: LA International Textile & Sourcing Fair), totaling 12 million square feet, more than any other single international company. Within the MCMC trade centers and tradeshows, customers from around the globe source products directly from manufacturers including home furnishings, gifts, decorative accessories and lighting to textiles, fashion accessories and apparel. The dozens of trade events each year hosted by MCMC are attended by hundreds of thousands of customers from all 50 states and more than 84 countries. MCMC’s Web site is available at www.marketcentermanagement.com.