STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Growing
AGENDA DATE: September 24, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Convention and Event Services
EXECUTIVE: Robin Bentley
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the project manager/owner's representative services agreement with McKissack & McKissack, Inc. for (a) additional services associated with the implementation of Component Three of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas master plan, which includes project management/owner's representation for the Secondary Arena Facility located at 1200 North Cockrell Hill Road, Dallas, Texas 75211, not to exceed $3,338,807.00 (b) the a one year contract extension to include additional services to their contract is for in the project management/owner's representation for of the rehabilitation/renovation of the Dallas Memorial Auditorium (Arena), in alignment with Supplemental Agreement 1 with the and necessitated by the City's obligations under the Full Court Partners LLC, d/b/a/ Dallas Wings contract for not to exceed $2,624,537.00; and (2) the establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $5,963,344.00, from $7,982,340.00 to $13,945,684.00 in the Convention Center Revenue Bonds Series 2023 Fund - Financing: Convention Center Revenue Bonds Series 2023 Fund
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BACKGROUND
In 2018, the Department of Convention and Event Services (CES) engaged in a multi-departmental solicitation for a development process to determine a path-forward for correcting long-time deferred maintenance of the 2 million square foot Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD). The solicitation phase for master planning understood that the demand among convention centers continues to grow for high-quality exhibition and meeting space, especially within the medical, scientific, and technical fields, and that the existing KBHCCD was losing ground at a rate that was impacting the l...
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