Halifax Convention Centre
| Halifax Convention Centre | |
|---|---|
Nova Centre under construction in 2016
|
|
| Location | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Operator | Trade Centre Limited |
| Opened | 2017 |
| Enclosed space | |
| • Total space | 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2) |
| • Exhibit hall floor | 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m2) |
| • Breakout/meeting | 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) |
| • Ballroom | 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) |
| Website | halifaxconventioncentre |
The Halifax Convention Centre is a conference centre under construction in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is slated to open in 2017, replacing the nearby World Trade and Convention Centre as the main convention venue in the city.
The Halifax Convention Centre is part of the $500-million Nova Centre project currently under construction in downtown Halifax. With 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) of mixed-use space, Nova Centre is the largest integrated development project undertaken in Nova Scotia’s history. The new, larger convention facility will house 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) flexible event space that will allow Halifax to accommodate conventions and events that the current convention centre cannot handle.
Trade Centre Limited (TCL), the provincial Crown corporation which operates the World Trade and Convention Centre, has stated that the current facility is insufficiently sized to accommodate demand for larger scale conventions, citing the lack of a dedicated exhibition room and the larger size of comparable facilities elsewhere in the country. In 2008, Trade Centre Limited and the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal issued an expression of interest for an expanded facility. This process identified a successful proponent, Rank Inc., a private developer. Rank Inc. will build the overall development, called Nova Centre, of which the convention centre, operated by TCL, will be a constituent enterprise.
In August 2011, the federal government announced it would invest $51 million toward eligible construction costs for the new convention centre. The remaining funding is being shared by the Province of Nova Scotia and the Halifax Regional Municipality, with each contributing $56.4 million. With funds in place for the convention centre portion of the project, the developer, Rank Inc., continued to work on preliminary designs and securing tenants for the other aspects of the Nova Centre project.
In July 2012, Rank Inc. CEO Joe Ramia officially announced his intention to proceed with the project, beginning with wide-ranging public consultation to help inform the look and feel, streetscape and public spaces for the Nova Centre. That same month Regional Council gave its final approval to a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Province of Nova Scotia that outlines the construction, operational and financial agreements surrounding the new downtown convention centre.
...
Wikipedia