Kitty Ratcliffe

Katherine “Kitty” Ratcliffe is set to step down at the end of the month after 18 years running Explore St. Louis. She's leaving after the America's Center expansion and renovation has gone over budget by at least $40 million.

Explore St. Louis says an additional $30 million to $40 million may be needed to cover rising expansion costs at America's Center in downtown St. Louis.

Business and civic leaders hail nonstop service between St. Louis and Germany.

The $210 million project will add 72,000 square feet of exhibit space to the downtown St. Louis convention center.

A $175 million overhaul of the America’s Center Convention Complex took a big step to becoming a reality Tuesday when the St. Louis County Council voted…

To hear Kitty Ratcliffe tell it, the America’s Center Convention Center in downtown St. Louis has had a good run since it first opened in 1977 – and since…

The leaders of St. Louis and St. Louis County are backing a plan that would steer millions of dollars to spruce up the America’s Center Convention Complex…

Now that the pomp and circumstance of Inauguration Day is wearing off in St. Louis, elected officials must confront a sizable challenge: upgrading the…

When it comes to marketing downtown St. Louis to visiting conventions, the area has a steep hill to climb. An aging/outdated convention center, losing an…

Ever since the St. Louis Rams started packing up for the Los Angeles area, local policymakers have tried to embrace a potential silver lining – more space…