The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas announced today that it plans to expand its convention center, adding more than 350,000 square feet of exhibit space to its existing 1.7 million square feet.
“One of the real strengths of the recovery is in meetings,” Mandalay Bay President and COO Chuck Bowling told The Associated Press. “We have pent up demand for growing our shows.”
Construction will begin this fall, and the new space will be available in August 2015 with a total completion by January 2016. The expansion is expected to cost approximately $66 million.
The new space will also meet LEED Gold standards and include an additional rooftop solar photovoltaic array, making it the world’s largest convention center array.
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