PROVO, Utah
A surprisingly large, and versatile, convention center is under construction here and slated to open next spring. The 83,578 square-foot facility will feature a ballroom of about 17,000 square feet; currently the largest such space in the country comes in at just over 8,000 square feet.
Among the center’s unique features, it has no fixed seating. Also, the top floor will boast an outdoor garden area. “The rooftop terrace is really awesome,” said general manager Danny Wheeler.
Added Tennille Wanner, director of sales and marketing,“This will be a facility unlike what we have in our immediate area. It isn’t just an expo hall. We’ll have one of the largest banquet rooms in the area and be able to fit around 1,200 people, which is something a lot of facilities in the area don’t offer.”
The building is slated to open just when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plans to renovate the Provo Tabernacle as a temple. “The transformation of downtown is going to be spectacular,” Wanner said.
