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Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the meeting and events industry in Hampton Roads and across the country. With entire venues shuttered, conferences were delayed, canceled ...
Nekocon is an annual three-day anime convention held traditionally on the first weekend in November at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Virginia. It is Virginia's oldest anime convention. [ 4 ]
The term "Hampton Roads" is a centuries-old designation that originated when the region was a struggling English outpost nearly four hundred years ago.. The word "Hampton" honors one of the founders of the Virginia Company of London and a great supporter of the colonization of Virginia, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.
The Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce (also known as Hampton Roads Chamber) is a business network comprising 2,500 businesses throughout the Hampton Roads region. The mission of the chamber of commerce is to "set the optimal conditions for business success" through public policy and economic development . [ 1 ]
The program was then replaced by The Hampton Roads Show which launched January 18, 2010, from a new secondary set complete with a fully functional kitchen. [31] The Hampton Roads Show moved to WAVY at 11 in the morning on September 12, 2011. [32] It is a similar broadcast to one currently seen on sister station WPRI-TV called The Rhode Show.
Hampton Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena in Hampton, Virginia. Construction began on May 24, 1968. Construction began on May 24, 1968. The venue held its first event on December 1, 1969, with the nearby College of William & Mary playing North Carolina State University in a college men's basketball game. [ 1 ]
Inside Business is a weekly newspaper serving Norfolk, Virginia and the Hampton Roads area. Its articles focus on the regional business community. Inside Business was formerly known as The Hampton Roads Business Journal, and is published by Pilot Targeted Media, a division of The Virginian-Pilot.
Rip Raps is a small 15 acre (60,000 m 2) artificial island at the mouth of the harbor area known as Hampton Roads in the independent city of Hampton in southeastern Virginia in the United States. Its name is derived from the Rip Rap Shoals in Hampton Roads, which also gave their name to a 19th-century criminal gang.