If not, the intention is to close and demolish it after the last of the existing booked events.

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It hasn't attracted a professional sports team as planners had hoped, but city officials said it has regularly booked such events as the Big 12 Conference's men's basketball tournament.

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The catering company that handles events at the library scrambled to make other arrangements for events booked this week.

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"But there are limits to what we can do with these arenas, " Mr. Silver said, noting that most buildings are booked with concerts or other events.

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ResultSource booked us for various speaking events in many of our cities during our 2010 book tour, where we went to 23 cities over 3.5 months on the Delivering Happiness bus.

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In the once rarefied fishing village of Saint-Tropez, the 300-foot super-yachts and private jets of the new-nouveau riche were gassed up and fruit-of-the-month-vodka-stocked, the Estonian "special-events models" booked, the guest lists of bold faces edited to meet gossip-column requirements.

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Nonetheless, the firm, along with everyone else in its industry, has had to weather a post-recession climate in which big companies that once booked splashy gatherings with nary a glance at their budget now opt for more modest events.

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