PITTSBURGH, June 11, 2003 -- Western Pennsylvanians are being invited by Dollar Bank to help
pick a name for the 34,000-square-foot grand ballroom at the new David L. Lawrence
Convention Center. The month-long "Put Your Name On The Ballroom" search begins tomorrow
when Dollar Bank opens a special booth for ballroom name suggestions at Pittsburgh's Three
Rivers Arts Festival. The effort will continue through July 15, 2003.
Ads are being placed in newspapers and on radio throughout the 10-county area asking people to
help choose a name that "will honor the Pittsburgh region, our people, our places, our
heritage and our future." More than 120,000 Western Pennsylvania homes will be receiving
ballroom-naming forms as early as this week. Visitors to Dollar Bank's branches and loan
centers can complete a ballroom-naming form, or suggestions can be made online June 12, 2003
at NameTheBallroom.dollarbank.com. Even the 40,000 visitors to the Dollar Bank Jamboree on
July 12, 2003 will have an opportunity to suggest a name for the ballroom.
Although its financial support for the new David L. Lawrence Convention Center allows the Bank
to name the grand ballroom after itself, Dollar Bank is bucking the corporate naming trend.
Instead, they are seeking suggestions from the community for a name that has "regional
significance."
"It was the people who developed the region's assets and their tax dollars that helped make
Pittsburgh's newest regional asset, the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, a reality,"
said James F. Carroll, Jr., Vice President for Public Affairs. "What better way to honor
the people, places and heritage of this region than by inviting the people living in the
region to help name the ballroom."
Earlier last month, Dollar Bank announced its plans to contribute a Regional Showcase with
high-definition, multi-media format to the Convention Center. Designed to project dramatic
images through special glass panels, the Showcase will be located at the three main
entrances to the Convention Center and in the reception area of the Center's grand ballroom.
"The grand ballroom is where many of the region's most important events will occur," Carroll
continued, "and the people of this region should have a hand in naming it."
Suggestions can be mailed to Dollar Bank, 3 Gateway Center, 9 South, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
Founded in 1855, Dollar Bank is a $4.9 billion federally chartered mutual savings bank
headquartered in Pittsburgh with offices throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania and
Northeastern Ohio.