Construction work on downtown Milwaukee s $420 million convention center expansion to begin in about a year Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Construction work on downtown Milwaukee s $420 million convention center expansion is expected to begin in about a year.
That s according to a project update presented at a Friday board meeting of the Wisconsin Center District, the state-created public agency which operates the Wisconsin Center convention facility.
The expansion, budgeted at $419.9 million, will double the facility s space giving it the ability to host two major events at the same time.
It will add 112,000 square feet to the facility s main exhibition hall for a total of 300,000 square feet.
Wisconsin Center District finalizing deal with a firm that will help it find a naming-rights sponsor for convention center
Firm could be named next week
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Last updated on January 15th, 2021 at 01:07 pm
The Wisconsin Center District is finalizing a contract with a consultancy firm that will help it land a new naming-rights sponsor for the downtown Milwaukee convention center.
A contract might be finalized and the firm named as soon as next week. It represents a step forward in renaming the Wisconsin Center, which has gone without a sponsor for years.
Marty Brooks, WCD president and chief executive officer updated the district Board of Directors’ Finance Committee on the negotiations with the firm this morning.