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.