Irving's Convention Center - Opening Late Fall 2010

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50,000 square feet of column-free exhibit space 20,000 square foot ballroom 20 break-out rooms (each 1,000 square feet)

Slated to open in fall 2010, the City of Irving has kicked off phase one for the development of a convention center and mixed use entertainment district project on 40-acres in the Las Colinas Urban Center. By summer's end, expect to see the building process well underway.

The facility's flexible design will allow it to serve high-end exhibitions, conventions, meeting and other events. The building's unique architecture allows Irving to create a new niche in the marketplace. Components of phase two of the project include 300,000 square feet of entertainment venue, a 3,500-seat concert venue, 215,000 square feet of restaurants, retail and cinema, and a privately developed hotel.

The Irving CVB staff has begun preliminary sales and marketing efforts to fill the facility, primarily focusing on groups of 800 to 1,200 people, although the faciltiy's capacity could accomodate 4,000 attendees for a general session. Click here to reserve your space now. With the largest hotel ballroom in Irving at just over 10,000 square feet today, the exhibit hall in the convention center will be five times that size,  and allow many more groups to bring their meetings to Irving.

Under the direction of the Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau, the center will be managed by SMG Worldwide, a leader in facility management, marketing and development. Pre-opening, SMG is serving as project consultant. RMJM Hillier architecture serves as the complex's master architect, and has designed the convention center with a goal of achieving base level LEED certification. Other members of the development team include Austin Commercial, serving as construction manager at risk, with Dallas based Beck Group serving the city as its owner's representative.

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Convention Center Fact Sheet  (Word)

Executive Summaries (PDF)

Timelines (PDF)

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