In the Works - Community Newsletter In the Works September 2017 | Page 18
It highlighted the project
team’s extraordinary efforts
to finish on budget and on
deadline to accommodate San
Francisco’s bustling fall season
of conventions, including
GSMA Mobile World Congress
Americas, Oracle OpenWorld
and Salesforce’s Dreamforce.
The paint had barely dried on
the walls of the new bigger
and brighter lobby of Moscone
South when Mayor Ed Lee
greeted the large crowd at the
Sept. 5 ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The celebration was packed with
City officials and representatives
from the travel and hospitality
industries. Members of the
media seized the opportunity
to tour the renovated building’s
50,000-square-foot grand
ballroom, flexible meeting
rooms and expanded exhibition
halls and got a chance to linger
on the second-floor outdoor
balcony with breathtaking views
of downtown.
The Moscone expansion project
will make our convention
center an even more attractive
and innovative site for visitors,
boost the local economy and
create a more livable and vibrant
environment for neighbors.
A public-private partnership
between the City and the
San Francisco Tourism
Improvement District
Management Corporation, the
four-year project is the result of
the collaborative vision of Public
Works’ project management
team, architecture firm
Skidmore Owings and Merrill,
Associate Architect Cavagnero
& Associates and Webcor
Builders.