STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Economic Development
AGENDA DATE: January 8, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Convention and Event Services
EXECUTIVE: Robin Bentley
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Authorize (1) a contract with M. Arthur Gensler, Jr. & Associates, Inc. dba Gensler to provide architectural and engineering design services for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Master Plan renovation and reconstruction of the Dallas Memorial Auditorium (Arena) - Component Three; and (2) an increase in appropriations in an lump sum amount not to exceed $25,158,510.00 $25,137,244.00 in the Convention Center Revenue Bonds, Series 2023 Fund - Not to exceed $25,158,510.00 $25,137,244.00 - Financing: Convention Center Revenue Bonds, Series 2023 Fund (subject to annual appropriations)
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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 local economy. Market analyses conducted in prior years pointed to several factors, in addition to the KBHCCD's aging infrastructure, that were impacting the center's salability.
Included among those factors were mobility, transportation, surrounding amenities, and overall land use surrounding the facility. The exploration of facility data demonstrated that, as a facility constructed in five phases, over several decades without consistent continuity or integration of major systems, the estimated investment...
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