From Emerald City Comic Con in March to the four-day gaming celebration Pax West in September, hundreds of thousands of people have filled the Convention Center's Summit building since it opened in January. "Better attendance, better spending and clients loving the building," said President and CEO of the Seattle Convention Center Jeff Blosser. According to Blosser, 58 conventions were booked at the start of the year. They ended up booking 88 as of mid-December. But while conventions are up, retail is still down. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/piroshky-piroshky-fifth-location-seattle-convention-center/281-52e19206-682d-4ef8-a35c-7df190c8666e