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Article Excerpt
Ten years ago, organizers needing a place to host high school graduations proposed the DeSoto County Civic Center (DCC) in Southaven.
At the time, Memphis was garnering the meetings and conventions limelight, so competing with the mega-market wasn't a consideration. But growing beyond graduations and parties was the goal of local leaders, even though feasibility studies didn't support a larger facility.
Visionaries won the argument to build a larger civic center. The $32-million, 200,000-square-foot facility opened in September 2000, comparable in size to the Mid-South Coliseum. Featuring a 10,000-seat area and nearly 20,000 square feet of convention space, it was one of the few venues in the country...
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