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The Center also shares business with other SMG-
managed facilities in nearby Ontario and Long Beach,
California. “The draw is different in all three cities. On-
tario and Long Beach are very busy on the weekdays
and not as busy on the weekends. It’s the opposite for
Palm Springs - we’re always looking for mid-week busi-
ness, where weekends are extremely busy just with
transient guests coming in from L.A., San Diego, and
Orange Counties. We have the ability to share groups.
If we have a weekend group that we can’t accom-
modate, we’ll share client information with our sister
properties. That’s another benefit of being managed
by SMG. So, there’s competition but there are also
events that work out and benefit all of us.”
Back in 2006, when the City first made the decision
to expand the size of the Convention Center, Leson re-
