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Enclave proposes convention center anchored to Scheels Arena in Urban Plains with emphasis on parking, ice‑cover flexibility and energy efficiencies
Summary
Enclave and partners proposed a convention center integrated with Shields Arena and the Farmers Union Insurance Center in the Urban Plains neighborhood, highlighting drive‑market access, 1,600 nearby hotel rooms within two miles, surface parking, potential energy synergies with arena ice plant, and a management model led by local arena operators.
Austin Morris, co‑founder and co‑CEO of Enclave, presented a proposal to site the convention center in the Urban Plains neighborhood adjacent to Shields Arena and the Farmers Union Insurance Center, arguing the campus would multiply sellable event space by combining arena, ice practice and new exhibit/ballroom areas. "We selected our team with Brandt, and TVS this location for a variety of reasons," Morris said, noting strong interstate access, existing entertainment investments and a planned lifestyle / entertainment district dubbed the "Quarter Pie."
Design and site: Rob Swedberg of TVS said the proposal treats the combined campus as a contiguous, flexible footprint that can operate as a larger combined inventory of sellable space — TVS modeled the site to function like a 150,000‑square‑foot campus when combined with existing arena and Farmers…
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