The Monroeville Convention Center

This is an episode of the Robert Hester Entertainment Podcast HAD to be made after hearing about the potential closure of the Monroeville Convention Center in June of 2024 after its ownership, Oxford Development, agreed to a multiyear lease/deal with Hobby Lobby to redevelop the property of the convention center. I explain from a human, spiritual, and heartfelt standpoint on the reason(s) that an opportunity like this from a big name like Hobby Lobby is so wrong and devastating to a community like Monroeville, a community that needs a place like its convention center to maintain its status as the East Hills' Mecca of shopping, dining, entertainment, lodging, and living! I also read excerpts from an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in which I verbally celebrate and give kudos to the mayor of Monroeville, Nick Gresock, on his and others' efforts to do whatever it takes to come with a plan, any plan, to fight against this lease that will eliminate one of Monroeville's top destinations, the Monroeville Convention Center. #SaveTheMonroevilleConventionCenter