Houston First unveils master plan to expand George R. Brown; project funded by Texas Senate Bill 1057

Houston First onstage at the George R. Brown Convention Center on a public announcement day unveiled a phased master plan to add a new 700,000-square-foot convention building called GRB Houston South, a 100,000-square-foot plaza and a later entertainment district connecting Discovery Green and the East End. The agency said the work will be funded using the state's portion of incremental hotel-occupancy tax revenue authorized in Senate Bill 1057, passed in 2023, and that the first phase is expected to open in 2028.