Site for Convention Center expansion

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Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Site for Convention Center expansion</h1>
                <h2><p>A site has been found for an expansion of the Washington State Convention Center: a nearby block currently used as a Metro bus station at the north end of the transit tunnel. King County Executive Dow Constantine said the county and the Center have tentatively agreed on a sale that</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Jan 12, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>A site has been found for an expansion of the Washington State Convention Center: a nearby block currently used as a Metro bus station at the north end of the transit tunnel. <a href="http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/constantine/News/release/2015/November/18-wscc-addition.aspx?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">King County Executive Dow Constantine said </a>the county and the Center have tentatively agreed on a sale that will provide $283 million over 30 years for Metro Transit services. The County Council and the Center's board of directors must still give approval to the deal, which is expected to keep the expansion moving toward a planned 2020 opening. Light-rail plans had already determined that the station would be eliminated by 2021.</p><p>Artist's rendering (courtesy of the Convention Center)</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/convention-center-rendering-night.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Convention Center Rendering - Night" loading="lazy" width="300" height="225"></figure><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/convention-center-addition-2.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Convention Center addition 2" loading="lazy" width="300" height="176"></figure>
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A site has been found for an expansion of the Washington State Convention Center: a nearby block currently used as a Metro bus station at the north end of the transit tunnel. King County Executive Dow Constantine said the county and the Center have tentatively agreed on a sale that will provide $283 million over 30 years for Metro Transit services. The County Council and the Center's board of directors must still give approval to the deal, which is expected to keep the expansion moving toward a planned 2020 opening. Light-rail plans had already determined that the station would be eliminated by 2021.

Artist's rendering (courtesy of the Convention Center)

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi