Georgia World Congress Center - Phase IV - Atlanta, Georgia

The Phase IV addition to the Omni World Congress Center's convention facilities is centered around a new, full production ballroom. The project also includes lecture facilities and additional meeting, exhibit and banquet spaces.

Budget:	$225 million
Seating:	3,000 Theatre Style
Opening:	May, 2003
Architects:	H/TVS - a joint venture of Heery International, Atlanta Georgia & Thompson, Ventulett, and Stainback Associates, Atlanta, Georgia
Acousticians:	BAI, Austin, Texas

 Orange County Convention and Civic Center - Orlando, Florida

Expanding one of the world's largest convention facilities, this project includes a 2,652 seat auditorium, 664,000 sq. ft. of exhibit halls, 60,000 sq. ft. of ballroom and banquet space, and 170,000 sq. ft. of meeting room spaces. The total building is now over one third of a mile in length and can serve every type of conference, exhibition, demonstration and meeting need on site.

Budget:	$425 million
Opening:	January, 1996
Architects:	Hunton Brady Pryor Maso, P.A., Orlando Florida Thompson, Ventulett, and Stainback Associates, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Acousticians:	Boner Associates, Inc., Austin, Texas

 Bartle Hall and Convention Center - Kansas City, Kansas

Bartle Hall was constructed in the 1930s. Over the years, several additions were made to the facility to expand the convention/conference resources for the complex, with some of the additions completed as almost independent parts. As the work was designed by different people, no two areas provided the same amenities to user groups. In late 2002, the city passed a bod aimed at renovation of aspects of the existing facilities, the addition of new meeting rooms and a new ballroom capable of hosting Las Vegas style entertainment. The project has since broken into two parts. One encompasses the renovations, including a redesign of speciality lighting resources in the meeting and exhibit halls. To serve events already booked into the facility, the renovations and upgrads are allowed to proceed ahead and independently of the additions.

Budget:	$825 million
Opening:	Projected May, 2006
Architects:	HNTB, Kansas City, Kansas
Acousticians:	BAI, Chicago, Illinois

 Ocean Center - Renovations and Additions - Daytona Beach, Florida

As a part of one of the more unique convention related projects in the country, we were asked to help to devise a "virtual" ballroom design inside of the Ocean Center's existing arena. Due to limited funds, the already programmed ballroom was slated for removal from the project. Architects at TV&S noticed that the existing arena was not controlled by a professional sports team and was underutilized in the event schedule. While the arena needed to remain in the complex as an arena, the thought was to explore creating a "virtual" ballroom inside the arena. We were asked to assist in methods and designs that could easily convert the space between the ballroom and arena uses.

Budget:	$125 million
Architects:	Thompson, Ventulett, and Stainback Associates, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Acousticians:	BAI, Austin, Texas

 Pennsylvania Convention Center - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The renovation of the historic Reading Railroad Station and the station shed in Philadelphia into a new convention center involved stage lifts and theatrical rigging for the stage in the new 4,453 seat ballroom and banquet space and specialty rigging of blackout drapery between the pre-function spaces and the ballroom spaces in the conversion of the 1893 Victorian train shed.

Budget:	$52 million - Train Shed $522 million - total Convention Center
Opening:	May, 1995
Architects:	Thompson, Ventulett, and Stainback Associates, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Acousticians:	Acentech, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts

 Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome - Indianapolis, Indiana

Renovation of the existing exhibition halls and their lighting control system as well as the expansion of the convention center. The expansion of the convention center involved the specialty lighting and presentation rigging in the new ballroom and banquet space.

Budget:	$82 million
Opening:	May, 1995
Architects:	HOK and Associates, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri
Acousticians:	Acentech, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts