San Diego’s convention center in major disrepair. Can it be fixed?

San Diego’s convention center in major disrepair. Can it be fixed?

Just weeks before the start of Comic-Con’s annual gathering, where more than 135,000 people would soon be filling the city’s convention center, the unthinkable happened. A key chiller needed to cool the building in the peak of summer had failed, setting off a frantic, nationwide search for a replacement. Five days and more than $200,000 later, a chiller the size of an RV was located, and Comic-Con 2023 was saved. If only that were an isolated in…