WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 400

(1)     Convention centers, trade show facilities, meeting halls, or other
structures in Baltimore City used for the holding of conventions, trade shows, meetings,
displays, or similar events, including without limitation the Baltimore City Convention
Center;

(2)     Offices, parking lots, garages, access roads, hotels, restaurants, railroad
sidings, and any other property, structures, furnishings, or equipment functionally related
to the facilities described in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and

(3)     Other facilities and properties used or useful or having present capacity
for future use as, or in connection with, convention center facilities, including:

(i) Land, buildings, structures, machinery, equipment, and all
properties and rights therein and appurtenances thereof, and rights-of-way, franchises,
easements, and other interests in land;

(ii) All land and facilities that are functionally related to a convention
center facility; and                  

(iii) All patents, licenses, and other rights necessary or useful in the
construction or operation of a convention center facility.

(h) "Convention Center Fund" means the Baltimore Convention Center
Financing Fund established under § 13-716 of this subtitle.

(I) "CAMDEN YARDS" MEANS APPROXIMATELY 85 ACRES IN BALTIMORE
CITY IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY CAMDEN STREET ON THE NORTH, RUSSELL STREET
ON THE WEST, OSTEND STREET ON THE SOUTH, AND HOWARD STREET AND
INTERSTATE 395 ON THE EAST.

(J) "CONVENTION CENTER SITE" MEANS THE SITE OF THE EXISTING
BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER, AT 100 WEST PRATT STREET, AND
APPROXIMATELY 2.6 ACRES BOUNDED BY HOWARD STREET ON THE WEST, CONWAY
STREET ON THE SOUTH, SHARP STREET ON THE EAST, AND PRATT STREET ON THE
NORTH.

(K) "FACILITY" MEANS A SPORTS FACILITY, OTHER FACILITIES DEVELOPED
ON CAMDEN YARDS, AND CONVENTION CENTER FACILITIES.

13-702.

(a)     There is a body corporate and politic known as the Maryland Stadium
Authority.

(b)     The Authority is an instrumentality of the State and a public corporation by
that name, style, and title.

(c)     The Authority is an independent unit in the Executive Branch of State
government.

(d)     The exercise by the Authority of the powers conferred by this subtitle is the
performance of an essential public function.

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