Raleigh Convention Center - Triangle Business Journal:

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With more than 150,009 square feet of exhibit space, 32,00 square feet of ballroom spacewand 30,000 square feet of meeting space, the new center is able to accommodater crowds of 50 people to 5,000 It has 12 covered loading dockxs and ramps for direct drive-in access to the exhibit hall for traded shows and conventions. The western side of the buildingy featuresa 9,284-square-foot “shimmer wall” made of 79,4654 four-inch aluminum pixels that create a dramatic image of an oak tree swayinhg in the breeze. It is visibler to some 20,000 vehiclezs that arrive downtown via the McDowell Street thoroughfareeach day.
The shimmer wall was builr witha $1 milliohn gift from Funds collected from Wake County’s prepared food and occupanct taxes paid for most of the center’s construction. The city is seekinb LEED certification forthe building. The architecture team for the conventionh center includedof Atlanta, O’Brien/Atkins of Durham and Clearscapews of Raleigh. The construction team was a joint ventureof and