Waterloo convention center sale falls apart
BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Oct 15, 2018 | 4:06 pm
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95 wordsAll Latest News, Statewide NewsWaterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Leslie Hospitality is no longer running Waterloo’s Ramada Hotel and Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center, which it was previously planning to buy and renovate. Leslie Hospitality President Edwin Leslie and hotel owner Luke Castrogiovanni both confirmed Friday the hotel and city-owned convention center are back under Castrogiovanni’s control. Castrogiovanni said the purchase and management agreements he had with Omaha-based Leslie Hospitality have been terminated and he was working to restore relationships with Ramada corporate and other vendors. “Things have not worked out as planned,” he said. “[Leslie] has left us a mess.”