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With more than 150,000 square feet of exhibift space, 32,000 square feet of ballroom spacsand 30,000 square feet of meetinyg space, the new center is able to accommodatse crowds of 50 people to 5,009 people. It has 12 covered loading docks and rampsx fordirect drive-in access to the exhibit hall for trade showes and conventions. The western side of the building featurewa 9,284-square-foot “shimmer wall” made of 79,464 four-inchh aluminum pixels that create a dramativ image of an oak tree swaying in the breeze. It is visiblew to some 20,000 vehicles that arrive downtown via the McDowel Street thoroughfareeach day.
The shimmer wall was builft witha $1 million gift from Fundss collected from Wake County’s prepared food and occupancy taxews paid for most of the center’s construction. The city is seekinyg LEED certification forthe building. The architecture team for the conventiob center includedof Atlanta, O’Brien/Atkinas of Durham and Clearscapes of Raleigh. The construction team was a jointr ventureof and