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Feb. 27, 2019 | press

Oregon Convention Center project proceeding

By Sam Tenney, DJC Oregon

A major project to upgrade the Oregon Convention Center is under way and on pace for completion at the end of this year to coincide with the opening of the 600-room Hyatt Regency hotel one block to the north.

The $39 million renovation will modernize public areas of the 30-year-old structure, providing an enhanced guest experience while establishing better connections to entries and improving wayfinding for hotel guests and transit users disembarking from the adjacent MAX platform.

KGW-TV OCC renovation sustainability Craig Stroud Metro

Feb. 27, 2019 | press

Oregon Convention Center recycling 110 tons of old carpet

By Keely Chalmers, KGW-TV Environmental Reporter/Meteorologist

The old dated carpet being torn out of the convention center as part of a $39 million renovation project

Move over PDX carpet. There's another carpet in town that is creating quite a buzz.

It's the old dated carpet being torn out of the Oregon Convention Center as part of a $39 million renovation project.

But you won't be able to purchase a piece of it or find it made into furniture. It is, however, being used for a good cause.

OCC renovation Hyatt Regency Portland Craig Stroud Portland Business Tribune

Feb. 15, 2019 | press

Renovation connects convention center with nature

By Stephanie Basalyga, Portland Business Tribune

Oregon Convention Center $39 million project focuses on updated looks inside and out

While construction of a new 600-room Hyatt Regency Portland hotel may be grabbing the most attention in the city's Lloyd district, another project is quietly taking place nearby.

Portland Winter Light Festival tower lights GO Production Services

Feb. 07, 2019 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center to add some color to this year's Portland Winter Light Festival

Now in its fourth year, the annual Portland Winter Light Festival is a citywide event showcasing illuminated art installations, vibrant performances, and stunning kinetic fire sculptures throughout our city.

Over 100 artists, performers and locations will take part, including the Oregon Convention Center. The OCC is a Dazzling Sponsor of the festival and will display a dynamic and colorful light show from 6 to 11 p.m., February 7th through 9th!

Hyatt Regency Portland Mortenson Construction convention center hotel Daily Journal of Commerce

Jan. 17, 2019 | press

Hotel construction approaching homestretch

By Josh Kulla, Daily Journal of Commerce

The construction site has become a seeming fixture, but crews are clearly making progress on the massive Hyatt Regency Portland at the Oregon Convention Center.

The hotel will be 14 stories and hold 440,000 square feet. Inside, there will be 600 rooms, a pair of ballrooms and meeting space. Metro is spearheading the project to serve its convention center across Northeast Holladay Street.

pacificwild Becky Holmes Catering and Retail Foods

Jan. 11, 2019 | pacificwild news

Oregon Convention Center and pacificwild Catering are pleased to introduce pastry chef Becky Holmes

Born in Swansea, Wales and raised in Dunchurch, England, Chef Becky Holmes began baking with her grandmother before she could even reach the kitchen counter. She would help pick rhubarb and gooseberries from the garden, and was sent to collect eggs from the chicken coop each morning, before dragging over a dining room chair to help make a crumble, scones, or tea cakes.

OCC renovation Colas Construction COBID Craig Stroud

Dec. 06, 2018 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center renovation results in unprecedented 56% contracting and subcontracting by diverse firms

The Oregon Convention Center is undergoing a major renovation to reinvigorate the image of the convention center to local Portlanders, as well as improve its national competitiveness. The project construction bidding resulted in the largest Oregon public works contract being awarded to a minority owned business, Colas Construction, as the general contractor for the $39 million project.

Hyatt Regency Portland convention center hotel Tom Hughes Metro Mortenson Construction

Nov. 07, 2018 | news releases

Oregon Convention Center Hotel topping off

From Metro News

sustainability waste diversion LEED Craig Stroud Ryan Harvey

Oct. 24, 2018 | sustainability news

Oregon Convention Center on course to be the most sustainable convention center in the world

From Metro News

With hundreds of events and more than a half a million guests each year, the Oregon Convention Center’s sustainability is blazing the trail towards the most sustainable convention center in the world. Guests of the recent Rose City Comic Con might even say it’s the most sustainable in the galaxy.

photo of downtown Portland with a view of Mount Hood

Craig Stroud Desiree Everett Travel Portland American Association of Woodturners Hyatt Regency Portland OCC renovation

Oct. 19, 2018 | press

The Pacific Northwest: Lower Costs, Less Congestion and the Beautiful Wilderness Entice Planners to the Area

By Sophia Bennett

Excerpted from Association Conventions & Facilities