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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Old and outdated are just some of the words used to describe the Charleston Civic Center.
"If you look above us, all you see is concrete," said Charleston Mayor Danny Jones.
All that concrete though is soon going to be gone, and is going to be replaced with glass. These are renderings of what the civic center is going to look like when the renovation is finished in January of 2018. Charleston City Manager David Molgaard said this project is something that has to happen.
"This will allow us to create the synergy that will, as the mayor pointed out, provide investment in downtown Charleston," Molgaard said.
Alisa Bailey with the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau said with the way the civic center is now Charleston isn't able to get many national conferences, and sometimes can't book them at all because of scheduling issues. The upgraded Civic Center is going to have enough space to book multiple conferences at once.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Old and outdated are just some of the words used to describe the Charleston Civic Center.
"If you look above us, all you see is concrete," said Charleston Mayor Danny Jones.
All that concrete though is soon going to be gone, and is going to be replaced with glass. These are renderings of what the civic center is going to look like when the renovation is finished in January of 2018. Charleston City Manager David Molgaard said this project is something that has to happen.
"This will allow us to create the synergy that will, as the mayor pointed out, provide investment in downtown Charleston," Molgaard said.
Alisa Bailey with the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau said with the way the civic center is now Charleston isn't able to get many national conferences, and sometimes can't book them at all because of scheduling issues. The upgraded Civic Center is going to have enough space to book multiple conferences at once.