I wish everyone could have heard students talk about how some will profit from the Convention Center. (It was wildly amusing!)
The street criminals are looking forward to the CC opening. They are confident that the visitors will be easy pickin's, and with the street configurations and residences near the CC, they are confident that eluding the police will be easy.
A student talked about someone who is already planning to steal CD players and equipment from cars from the visitors. She kept saying "It's a great idea...in the wrong place... They [the robbers] can't wait for it to open"