"In a town full of entertinment venues, the new Branson Convention Center is taking center stage... More than 7 million tourists a year come to Branson, known by many as the “Live Entertainment Capital of the World.” Though the city boasts having more theater seats than New York City’s Broadway District, tourists and locals alike will be attracted to this exciting venue. Opening in August 2007, the convention center, hotel and parking deck are the latest components of the $420M Branson Landing mixed-use development that covers 1.5 miles of Branson’s downtown Lake Taneycomo waterfront.

A meeting planner's dream, the new 220,000 square foot convention center includes popular amenities such as a 50,000 square foot exhibit hall, a 23,000 square foot ballroom, and spacious conference and meeting rooms on the upper level. Interconnectivity and flow is vital to a successful mixed-use facility, which was at the forefront of the design team’s vision. A dramatic concourse component ties the many amenities together and extends into the adjacent 12-story, 294-room Hilton Hotel. A 73-foot-long pedestrian bridge connects the convention center and hotel to the 475-car parking deck.

Long spans and cantilevers, knife-edge eave framing, and soaring monumental entrances in the convention center demanded a material with great strength, versatility, and construction economy. Structural steel, essentially unparalleled for such challenges, was the unrivaled material of choice..."