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Kentucky Exposition Center officials brief committee on phase 2 redevelopment plan
Summary
Officials from the Kentucky Exposition Center presented the phase 2 redevelopment plan to the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee, detailing projected economic impacts, programmatic needs and timeline; discussion was for information only and no funding was approved.
Officials from the Kentucky Exposition Center (KEC) updated the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on the planned phase 2 redevelopment of the exposition campus, describing current construction activity on phase 1 and the programmatic and economic case for phase 2.
David Beck, president and CEO of the KEC, and David Wallace, vice chairman of the KEC board, told the committee that phase 1 is under way and that phase 1 work will free space and enable demolition of the West Wing to make room for phase 2. Wallace said phase 1 is roughly 20% complete and that demolition on Newmarket Hall would start within weeks; he added the project team has bid packs ready and that some enabling utility work for phase 2 is already underway.
KEC representatives described phase 1 as a roughly 350,000‑square‑foot building that will…
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