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News | Crosscut

The Seattle City Council Monday brushed away the final hurdle for what will be the largest new development in Downtown Seattle’s history — a massive expansion of the Washington State Convention Center. At a whopping $1.6 billion, the project dwarfs the construction of Safeco and CenturyLink fields, plus the renovation of KeyArena — combined.

News | Seattle Times

Adding the proposed “Addition” to the Washington State Convention Center would roughly double the 400,000 visitors it now gets each year, bringing scores more customers to small restaurants and retailers like us.

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Mayor Tim Burgess, King County Executive Dow Constantine and representatives from the Community Package Coalition (CPC) and Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) today announced an agreement on terms for WSCC to provide more than $82 million towards a suite of benefits for the community. This partnership moves the Convention Center Addition project - and the creation of new convention space - closer to reality.

News | Capitol Hill Times

Seattle and King County officials announced Monday that the Washington State Convention Center will make more than $90 million in public investments to coincide with its Addition project between Downtown and Capitol Hill.

News | Seattle Times

The Washington State Convention Center has agreed to provide more than $80 million in public benefits as part of its planned $1.6 billion expansion in downtown Seattle, officials announced Monday.

News | Daily Journal of Commerce

Time and money are limited, and the line of good ideas is long. But there are no rules about how to pick what “public benefits” should come from the largest downtown project we've seen in a generation: the $1.6 billion expansion of the Washington State Convention Center.