Lansing Center
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The Lansing Center, officially the Lansing Convention Center, is the primary and largest convention center in Lansing, MI. The center is located along Michigan Avenue, with its western facade fronting the Grand River, which includes a riverfront plaza that hosts outdoor concerts and other events such as the Down By the River Chili Cook-Off held every spring. The center is also directly connected to the Lansing Radisson Hotel by an enclosed, climate-controlled skybridge that spans the Grand River. The Lansing Center is currently managed by the Lansing Entertainment & Public Facilities Authority (LEPFA), a quasi-city government agency.
Designed by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK), the center was opened in 1987, and renovated and expanded in 1995 with Hobbs & Black as the renovation architects. The center currently holds 270,000 square feet of space, including a main exhibition hall, meeting rooms, conference centers, banquet facilities, a restaurants and lounge, a full kitchen, and a 500-space underground parking garage.
The center is currently undergoing its first major renovation since 1995, and it will be completed in late 2007/early 2008. The renovation includes cosmetic updgrades, as well as structural upgrades.
