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May
7
2018
News | Crosscut
Seattle’s $1.6 billion new convention center gets the green light
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.
Read MoreMarch
27
2018
News | Seattle Times
Convention Center ‘Addition’ good for Seattle, small business
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.
Read MoreOctober
16
2017
News
Mayor, community, Convention Center & partners announce agreement
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.
Read MoreOctober
16
2017
News | Capitol Hill Times
WSCC injecting more than $90M into public projects Community Package Coalition agreement guarantees $61M for affordable housing,
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.
Read MoreOctober
16
2017
News | Seattle Times
With expansion, Washington State Convention Center agrees to provide more than $80 million in public benefits
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.
Read MoreAugust
2
2017
News | Daily Journal of Commerce
Design Perspectives: WSCC Addition's public benefits: How much is enough?
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.
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