The Irving Convention Center is a facility on a tract in
Las Colinas
Las Colinas is a mixed-use planned community development in Irving, Texas, part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, governed by The Las Colinas Association, a Texas non-profit corporation. Due to its central location between Dallas
Dallas ...
Urban Center in
Irving, Texas
Irving is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in Dallas County, it is also an inner ring suburb of Dallas. The city of Irving is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. According to a 2019 estimate from the United States Census Bureau, ...
. Opened in January 2011, the
convention center
A convention center (American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typica ...
and the adjoining mixed use entertainment district are bordered on the west by Highway 114, on the east by Las Colinas Boulevard, on the north by Spur 348/Northwest Highway, and to the south by Fuller Drive. The building is recognized for its unique architecture and vertical design.
Facility
The facility is designed to serve exhibition, conventions, and meetings and other events with the focus primarily on groups of 800 to 1,200 people with a capacity of 4,000 for a general session. The building consists of several levels with an adjacent parking garage. The first floor contains the column-free exhibition hall that spans approximately two and half stories in height and includes the main lobby. The second level contains 20 breakout rooms totaling as well as the atrium café which extends to an outdoor, shaded terrace. The third level consists of the ballroom with pre-function and breakout areas.
To avoid the traditional convention center appearance and use as much natural light as possible, the Irving Convention Center is designed as two boxes, stacked and rotated to create cantilevered corners that provide several shaded outdoor areas for visitors. The majority of the building is surrounded in glass for natural light and curtained with a perforated copper façade that will age to a natural copper patina for both a unique appearance and to reduce the consumption of energy. The facility has received a
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a
green building certification program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it includes a set of rating systems for the design, construction ...
Silver certification.
[''Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas Awarded 2013 LEED® Silver Green Building Certification''. City of Irving, 2012.]
Project team
*Owner: City of Irving/Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau
*Owner's Project Manager: Beck Group
*Architect:
RMJM Hillier Architecture
*Construction Manager: Austin Commercial
*Structural Engineer: Datum Engineers
*MEP Engineer: Vanderweil
*Civil Engineer: Jacobs Carter Burgess
*Operators: ASM Global
*Copper Cladding:
Zahner
Zahner or A. Zahner Company is an architectural metal & glass company located in Kansas City, Missouri.
History and Company Information
Zahner was founded in 1897 by Andrew Zahner as ''Eagle Cornice Works'', serving the region with decorative ...
Adjoining venues
The Westin Irving Convention Center Hotel at Las Colinas opened in 2019 as the official hotel for the Irving Convention Center. The hotel has 350 rooms and a Mexican restaurant. In addition to meeting space at the Convention Center, the hotel offers 30,000 square feet of flexible indoor and outdoor space including two ballrooms, two boardrooms, a 10,000-square-foot outdoor lawn and event space by the pool.
The
Toyota Music Factory
The Toyota Music Factory (originally known as Irving Music Factory) is an entertainment complex located in the Las Colinas neighborhood of Irving, Texas.
Developed by the ARK Group, City of Irving and designed by architecture firm Gensler, ...
offers concerts and the
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is an American cinema chain founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas, which is famous for serving dinner and drinks during the movie, as well as its strict policy of requiring its audiences to maintain proper cinema-going etiq ...
offers movies at the site. The Toyota Music Factory venue converts from a 2,500 to a 4,000 capacity indoor theater and opens up to an 8,000-person capacity open-air pavilion. The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory hosts a variety of restaurants and entertainment throughout the year exclusively booked and promoted by
Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is an American global entertainment company and monopoly that was founded in 2010 following the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster. The company promotes, operates, and manages ticket sales for live entertainme ...
.
Transit
A
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex of Texas. It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and twelve of its suburbs. In , the system had a ...
Orange Line
light rail station near the site serves the Convention Center and the surrounding Las Colinas area. The
Irving Convention Center
The Irving Convention Center is a facility on a tract in Las Colinas Urban Center in Irving, Texas. Opened in January 2011, the convention center and the adjoining mixed use entertainment district are bordered on the west by Highway 114, on the ...
station provides connections to
DFW International Airport and also
Dallas Love Field
Dallas Love Field is a city-owned public airport northwest of downtown Dallas, Texas., effective April 10, 2008 It was Dallas' main airport until 1974 when Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) opened. Love Field covers an area of a ...
(via the Green Line). The free-to-ride 1.5 mile elevated People Mover
Las Colinas APT System
The Las Colinas Area Personal Transit System is a people mover system that serves the Las Colinas area of Irving, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. The system has four passenger stations and a maintenance & control center, and is run by two cars, one ...
operates weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. It connects with DART’s Orange Line at the Las Colinas Urban Center Station. A multi-level parking garage provides parking for 800 cars.
Gallery
Outside Irving Convention Center.jpg, Outside Irving Convention Center
Irving Convention Center Grand Staircase.jpg, Grand Staircase
Irving Convention Center Deck.jpg, Out function space
Irving Convention Center View of Las Colinas.jpg, View of Las Colinas
Irving Convention Center Dart Station.jpg, Dart Station
Irving Convention Center Water Fountain.JPG, Water Fountain
Irving Convention Center Lobby Pano.jpg, Lobby Pano
Irving Convention Center Exterior at Sunrise.jpg, Exterior at Sunrise
Irving Convention Center Grand Ballroom.jpg, Grand Ballroom
Irving Convention Center Ballroom Prefunction.JPG, Ballroom Prefunction
Irving Convention Center Cafe.jpg, Upstairs Cafe
Irving Convention Center Main Lobby.jpg, Main Lobby
Awards
* 2012 - Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel from American Institute of Steel Construction
* 2015 - Special Mention: Government and Municipal Buildings, Architizer A+ Awards from Architizer
* 2015 - Copper in Architecture Award from Copper Development Associates, Inc.
References
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External links
Irving Convention Center website{{Irving, Texas
Convention centers in Texas
Infrastructure completed in 2011
Buildings and structures in Irving, Texas
Tourist attractions in Dallas County, Texas
Wrestling venues in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex