Bartle Hall Expansion

Transforming the Kansas City Skyline

The 670,000 sq. ft. expansion of the H. Roe Bartle Convention Center added 205,200 sq. ft. of column-less, contiguous exhibit space to the main exhibit hall, for a total of 400,000 sq. ft.. The structure spans 6 lanes of interstate highway system and features a cable stay roof design, supported by four concrete pylons more than 200 feet in height. All work was completed with a full, uninterrupted event schedule underway in the exhibit hall and the surrounding complex. An adjacent conference center building includes a 24,000 sq. ft. ballroom with a 28-foot ceiling, 19 new meeting rooms, and 133,000 sq. ft. of lobby and pre-function space. Two new 100,000 sq. ft. truck docks brings the total number of dock spaces to 33 and allows the exhibit space to be accessible from three separate locations.