Gov. Martin O?Malley?s proposed budget cuts would drop all state aid to Maryland?s two major convention centers, funding that comprises two-thirds of the Baltimore center?s annual payments and half of those for the Ocean City center.

Local convention officials and national analysts said the cuts could end up costing the state and city far more than they?d ever save.

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