EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/18/13 -- Join Edmonton Tourism for the opening of its new welcome centre, followed by a neighbourhood block party to mark the Shaw Conference Centre's 30th anniversary.
Date: Friday, June 21 Edmonton Welcome Centre opening 1030 - 11 am 9797 Jasper Avenue
Confirmed guests and speakers include Mayor Stephen Mandel and members of the Legislative Assembly.
Shaw Conference Centre neighbourhood block party 11 am - 2 pm Jasper Avenue between 99 and 97 Streets Block party highlights include: - festival entertainers - public tours of the Shaw Conference Centre and CKUA Radio building - Edmonton's favourite food trucks - new public art installations.
Note: Jasper Avenue will be closed to traffic between 930 am and 330 pm.
Edmonton Tourism promotes Greater Edmonton as the destination of choice for tourism, conventions, major events and film production and is a division of Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC). Edmonton Tourism encourages socially and environmentally responsible tourism. For more information, visit www.edmonton.com. Also managed by EEDC, the Shaw Conference Centre is one of Canada's premier meeting, entertainment, and convention venues, and encourages socially and environmentally responsible event-planning. Learn more about Edmonton through the stories of people who've experienced it at www.edmontonstories.ca.
Contacts:
Edmonton Economic Development Corporation
Bin Lau
Marketing and Communications
780.969.0463
blau@edmonton.com
www.edmonton.com
