Press Room. Interior renovations will include structural and non-structural work and, in some cases, the complete replacement of components. Exterior renovations will include modifications and alterations to the building envelope and loading docks as well as sitework, landscaping and hardscaping. The BJCC is proud to be part of it. Blvd N. Arena [ ] The arena, which seats 17, for sporting events and up to 19, for concerts, was the home of the Birmingham Bulls of the WHA from Geddes, Robert L.
Process Architecture No. Tokyo: Books Nippan. External links [ ] Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. When arranged for a proscenium stage seats on either side are removed, and for a thrust stage, those are opened, but the first rows are covered with additional stage platforms. The theater is used for operas, ballets, and smaller concerts and stage shows. The theater stage is feet wide and 48 feet deep with a grid height of 58 feet.
The proscenium is 28 feet tall by 70 feet wide. There are 2 rehearsal areas, 2 chorus dressing rooms and 6 dressing rooms, including a star's dressing room. The original construction included lighting capable of switching between 10 pre-programmed scenes. A Birmingham News columnist enthused that the new stage would provide top-of-the-line facilities for the city's numerous amateur and academic theater groups.
In practice, the requirement of paying union scale to cast and crews made the BJCC theater inaccessible to most local groups. The Birmingham Children's Theatre was contracted early on as a house company for the new facility, which it has primarily shared with touring shows. The complex contains 64 meeting rooms totaling , square feet of meeting space, including a 16,square-foot ballroom that can seat up to 1, for banquets.
A full-service restaurant is located in a glassed-in atrium in the BJCC's interior courtyard. It operated in the s as " The Restaurant at the Civic Center ". The ten-story Medical Forum , with meeting space, a seat auditorium, classrooms, conference space, and offices, is also located here. The adjacent room Sheraton Civic Center Hotel provides a large ballroom and other convention and meeting facilities nearby.
The district is anchored by the room Westin Birmingham hotel. A TopGolf location opened near Uptown in In the early s, the BJCC made plans for a major expansion of the facility to increase and upgrade the exhibition facilities and construct a new covered multi-use stadium. Commitments to fund these plans were curtailed by political backlash against using public funds to construct a "domed stadium". The election installed a Jefferson County Commission that promised not to support the full expansion plan.
This project will be handled in phases. The first phase will be to begin renovating Legacy Arena. Other aspects will begin in the coming months with completion of the Stadium anticipated for and the Arena in During the construction phase, this project will generate hundreds of millions of dollars and create thousands of jobs that will benefit the local area. Also, when this project is complete, it is projected that 1.
Covering events and issues from every neighborhood in Birmingham, we take you inside the biggest happenings in your community. Again, thank you for your interest and I hope this information is helpful. Documents Resolution of Intent A Resolution of Intent to make efforts to financially support the construction of a new multi-purpose facility on property owned and operated by the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, following the satisfaction of certain conditions.
When is construction scheduled to begin? What is the projected economic impact of this project?
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