The Lubbock Memorial Civic Center is a convention center located in Lubbock, Texas. It was built in 1977 and dedicated to the memory of local residents who died in the Lubbock tornado of 1970 that struck the site of the center.
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| Address | 1501 Mac Davis Lane, Lubbock, TX, 79401 |
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| Parking | 1,500 on-site spaces |
| Owner | City of Lubbock |
| Type | Convention Center |
| Seating type | Free standing, bleachers and permanent |
| Acreage | 6.9 acres |
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| Opened | 1977 |
| Renovated | 2015 |
| Construction cost | $7,800,000 (1970 proposed budget) |
| Architect | The Architects Group |
| General contractor | Page and Wirtz Construction Co |
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Concluding in November 2015, the building underwent extensive renovation work, covering bathrooms, meeting rooms, pedestrian mall areas, lighting, external courtyard and new seating in the building's theater.[1]
Features
editBuilding facilities include:
- A 40,000-square-foot (4,000 m2) exhibit hall which also doubles as a 2,995-seat indoor arena and can be used for sporting events, trade shows, conventions, banquets, and concerts (maximum capacity 4,914). Attached to the exhibit hall is an 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m2) balcony with retractable seating. Its ceiling height is 30 feet from floor to rafters, 45 feet from floor to roof.
- A 14,104-square-foot (1,310 m2) banquet hall, used for banquets and smaller meetings, seating up to 1400 persons.
- A 1,395-seat theater used for concerts, stage shows and other events. It features two concession stands, two box offices, and four dressing rooms, among amenities.
- A 28,000-square-foot (2,600 m2) pedestrian mall marking the main lobby for the complex, and an outdoor plaza.
- A mezzanine room with a 100-foot glass wall.
- Twelve meeting rooms and a terrace suite.
- Ticketing business, Select-a-Seat is located in the facility, and provides ticketing to events in the building and other venues throughout West Texas.[2]
The annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, co-sponsored by the American Cowboy Culture Association, is hosted each year at the Lubbock Civic Center from Thursday through Sunday after Labor Day.[3]
References
edit- ^ Poole, Stevie. "Lubbock Avalanche-Journal". www.lubbockonline.com. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ^ "City of Lubbock - Departments | Civic Center". ci.lubbock.tx.us. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ "National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration, Inc. (Lubbock, Texas)". cowboy.org. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.