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Whether you’d like to provide a case study, participate on a panel, or lead a strategy seminar; the event is an unparalleled opportunity to gain publicity and recognition from a national audience involved in facility development.
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New Approaches to Project Delivery
The Convention, Sports, and Entertainment Facilities Conference offers tools and best practices to owners and developers evaluating their project delivery needs.
The 2021 agenda explores innovative approaches to expansions, renovations and new developments with a specific emphasis on procurement, financing, planning, design, construction, and operations.
The program showcases upcoming projects and procurement opportunities, presents best practices in traditional and alternative project delivery, and provides incredible networking opportunities for industry leaders, developers, owners, and local government officials.
The Premier Project Delivery Conference for Local Governments & Industry Focused on:
Convention Centers
Local Economic Development
Headquarters Hotels
Entertainment and
Tourism Infrastructure
Stadiums & Arenas
Performing Arts
Venues
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Discover how alternative project delivery is transforming entertainment and tourism infrastructure around the country!
This year's agenda has been designed to help you plan and procure your next project. Learn how to effectively select and negotiate with partners and take steps to ensure your project is completed on time and cost.
The conference agenda examines facility types and deal structures recently executed for new and expanded facilities. This year's three day program explores new trends and approaches to procurement, project delivery, finance, operations, and life-cycle efficiencies impacting facilities of all sizes.
Featured Program Sessions
Project Delivery Fundamentals
Sessions designed for those who are new to alternative project delivery. Learn which procurement models may work for your facility projects, and what considerations must be made when evaluating different project routes.
Keynotes
Hear how providers have successfully brought recent projects to completion. Project leaders walk us through the history of their projects, upgrades, lessons learned, and upcoming developments.
Project Delivery Workshops
Alternative project delivery models may be a combination of design, construction, financing, O&M, and more. Over two dozen panel sessions we discuss the key issues that owners must consider when conducting a project procurement.
Market Soundings and Roundtables
Interactive conversations on critical project delivery topics and project feasibility. Roundtable conversations are meant to be informal, candid exchanges where participants can ask their questions and concerns, share project details, experiences, and network.
Project Showcase Sessions
Providers discuss their system's approach to project selection and development. Presenters will share how they assess project feasibility, risk, and financing; review partner qualifications, and develop long-range facility plans.
Best Practices Panel Sessions
Over 20+ panels focused on best practices, strategies, and lessons learned. Hear experienced panelists speak to every stage of the project delivery process. Presenters share guidance, recommendations, and frank talk from those who have led successful collaborations.
Unparalleled Networking Opportunities
Our audience of facility managers, administrators, construction, architecture, and design professionals provides a unique opportunity to network with design-build experts, project owners, and prospective partners in a development focused forum.
The conference provides two days of networking functions: including receptions, round table sessions, meals, 1 on 1's areas, and specific industry events designed for you to connect with speakers, facility representatives, project owners, industry peers, A/E/C professionals, and prospective partners.
Meet Our Audience
At this year's conference you will find project owners and developers considering their next procurement, responsible for the design and build of facilities, and interested in understanding how different delivery models can address their project needs.
Also attending are convention and visitor’s bureaus, economic development agencies, facility management professionals, construction leaders, architects, building owners, service and technology providers, real estate and design-build professionals, and public representatives who are exploring partnerships and want to better understand the complex interactions to accelerate project delivery needs.
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Sponsor
Sponsorships are designed to ensure maximum exposure and visibility for each organization before, during, and after the event. Sponsorship options fit a spectrum of budgets, and packages are unique opportunities to provide targeted, creative and direct advertising to maximize exposure and outreach to our audience.
Conference Headquarters Hotel
Attendees Receive Discounted Rates!
The beautiful Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego Hotel is our event headquarters. A block of rooms are being held at the hotel at a special rate of $265. Reservations must be made by October 8, 2021 or before the block is sold out in order to guarantee this rate. Reservations made after this date can only be honored on a space and rate available basis.
To make your hotel reservations, please click here or call the hotel directly at (619) 232-1234 and identify yourself as part of the Convention, Sports and Entertainment Facilities Conference.
Thank You to Our 2020 Sponsors
You can rest assured that this year’s event will absolutely happen. As of today, we are scheduled to meet in-person. However, the safety and well-being of our community remains our top priority. Therefore, if at any time between now and our planned live event, we must transition to a virtual-only format to comply with local government ordinances, your registration will automatically be transferred over to our digital platform. With the virtual-only format, you’ll still have access to unparalleled content (available both live and on-demand); dynamic interaction with exhibitors, sponsors and speakers; and a plethora of networking opportunities through video and instant messaging functions. Our registration representative will contact you directly to seamlessly transfer your registration.
If you are unable to register directly through our website, please complete contact Sarah Plombon at splombon@accessintel.com.
For questions about registration or group passes, please contact Sarah Plombon at splombon@accessintel.com or (301) 354-1520.
CONFERENCE DATE & TIMES
Thursday, October 28, 2021
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST
Friday, October 29, 2021
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM PST
CONTACT US
For Registration, Sponsorship, Exhibition or General Questions
Sarah Plombon
splombon@accessintel.com
301-354-1520