PILLAR: Growing
AGENDA DATE: January 28, 2026
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Convention and Event Services
PRIORITY: Targeted Economic Growth
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an increase in the amount of $26 million to a previously authorized application approved on May 28, 2025, by Resolution No. 25-0814, for a loan in the amount of $90 million from the State Infrastructure Bank for a total loan amount of $116 million, to finance transportation related improvements and transportation related demolition surrounding the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
*In alignment with Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Master Plan.
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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 two million square foot Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD). 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. In January 2021, the procurement evaluation process resulted in the awarding of a contract to WSP USA, Inc. to work with the Department and its broader Internal and External Stakeholder teams in the development of the Master Plan. Over the next two years and more than 350 engagement meetings with both internal and external stakeholders, a draft plan was developed, and City Council recommendations made to move the existing convention center to the west of Lamar Street, detaching The Black Academy of Arts and Letters and the Dallas Memorial Auditorium to function as stand-alone buildings.
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