Landmark Tucson Convention Center Renovations Complete

Renovations were recently completed on the Tucson Convention Center. The $65-million project in downtown Tucson, Arizona was delivered in partnership with Sundt and Concord General Contracting.

The project included 11 improvements across the campus, including updating the Leo Rich Theatre and the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, renovating the main ballrooms and south exhibition hall and adding 32,000 square feet of meeting rooms, restrooms and lobbies. The upgrades will support conventions of many sizes, and technology upgrades to the 50-year-old building will support in-person, virtual or hybrid events.

Sundt + Concord also added over 900 parking spaces via two new parking garages on the west and east side of the facility. The structure on the east side of the convention center was expanded from a single lot into a multi-level, 392-space garage. The team also added another parking structure with 524 spaces.

In addition, the project team is restoring the historic plaza on the TCC campus to its original state. Initially constructed in two stages in 1971 and 1973, it is the only Garrett Eckbo-designed civic landscape in Arizona. New trees, irrigation and restored bricks are part of the enhancements.

Swaim Associates served as the owner’s representative on the project.