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Latest & Greatest - Madison (Feb. 2014)

The Edgewater Hotel is scheduled to open in August following a $100 million renovation. The property will have 202 guest rooms; 45,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor function space, including a large outdoor terrace and a ballroom with views of Lake Mendota; and four restaurants.

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, located on the shore of Lake Monona, completed a series of soft interior renovations, including the replacement of carpeting.

The Alliant Energy Center, home to three venues, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Exhibition Hall and Willow Island, will add two new multiuse pavilions this year. Construction on the $20.9 million project is set to run from April through September, with completion slated in time for the fall World Dairy Exposition. The new pavilions will replace nine agricultural barns and total 290,000 square feet, with amenities including restrooms, prefunction space, horse stalls and concessions.

A Hampton Inn & Suites recently opened in downtown Madison with 194 guest rooms and a small executive boardroom. The hotel is adjacent to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.