Jordan Valley Park Exposition Center

Location: Jordan Valley Park Project owner: City of Springfield

Contractor: This project will be bid Aug. 28.

Estimated cost: $12.5 million, according to Benjamin Alexander, JVP planner with the city of Springfield.

Estimated completion date: September 2003

Located in downtown Springfield on the edge of Jordan Valley Park, this 82,000-square-foot facility includes a 45,000-square-foot exhibition hall, divisible into three sections.

With the adjacent existing trade center, there will be approximately 100,000 square feet of contiguous display space. This project includes the renovation of the south and north facades of the existing trade center to unify them with the new expo center, which features a large sloping arc wall built with masonry and glass. The proposed exterior materials are pre-cast concrete, natural limestone and green glass.