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.

Convention Centers

Headquarters Hotels

Stadiums & Arenas

Local Economic

Development 

Entertainment and

Tourism Infrastructure

Performing Arts

Venues

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 two day program explores new trends and approaches to procurement, project delivery, finance, operations, and life-cycle efficiencies impacting facilities of all sizes. 

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 Sessions

Over 20+ presentations focused on best practices, strategies, and lessons learned. Hear experienced project delivery managers speak to every stage of the project delivery process, and share guidance, recommendations, and frank talk on successful collaborations.

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.

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.

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.

Exhibit

Connect with providers and owners from hundreds of institutions, as well developers, design-build professionals, and industry leaders from across the nation. By exhibiting you build brand awareness and meet with key decision makers attending and pursuing partnerships.