Instead of reporting on a rumor about next week’s event, this post will consist cool pictures of the banner going up at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts for Apple’s iPad 3 media event. As we know by now, they are expected to announce the iPad 3 next week. Yesterday, it was rumored that the launch in the US would occur on March 16th.

Earlier this morning, the company started redecorating San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts with a colorful banner featuring the company’s logo. On Friday morning, construction workers had begun covering the glass windows on the center. Apple usually hypes its product unveilings with decorations throughout the center.

This year’s invitation shows a picture of an iPad with a fingertip touching the iOS Calendar application icon. The date on the calendar is Wednesday, March 7, which is when the media event will be held.

[Image credits AppleInsider and Resolve Digital developer David Jones (@d_jones)]