Virginia Beach Convention Center

Project Details

  • Programmed funding: $53,330,218
  • Appropriated funding: $24,525,205
  • Project type: Rehabilitation/replacement

Description and Scope

These projects include items such as improvements in:

  • The catering kitchen with various repairs and/or replacements as well as other back of house needs.
  • Audio /visual replacements
  • HVAC repairs
  • Replacement/renovation of some restrooms
  • Parking lot and roof maintenance and repairs
  • Improvements to various rooms such as the Ballroom, meeting rooms, and customer amenities which help to keep the Convention Center safe and aesthetically pleasing to clients and visitors of the Convention Center.

Major improvements planned for the six-year CIP include roof replacement, escalator replacement, and restroom renovations.

Purpose and Need

The Virginia Beach Convention Center will celebrate its 20th anniversary in the upcoming years. 

Due to current economic conditions, the age of the building, and inflationary effects, previous CIP funding was not sufficient to maintain the building’s infrastructure needs.

  • Projects
    • Beach Maintenance Facility Central Plant Loop Replacement City Security Enhancements Convention Center Capital Maintenance Corrections Center Renewal and Replacement Critical Court Safety and ADA Energy Performance Contracts – Phase II Euclid Yard Facility Replacement Facilities Access Systems Facilities Planning Services Fire Apparatus IV Fire Facility Rehabilitation and Renewal III Fire Training Center Improvements IV Heritage Building Maintenance II Housing Resource Center Renovations Intermediate Care Facilities Judicial Center Maintenance Law Enforcement Training Academy Replacement Leroy Road Impound Lot and Remedial Action Library Automated Materials Handler System Mosquito Control Replacement Mounted Police Maintenance and Repair Public Safety Equipment Replacement Project II Stormwater Operations Control Center Various Buildings HVAC Rehabilitation and Renewal IV Various Buildings Rehabilitations and Renewal IV Virginia Aquarium Building Systems & Facility Infrastructure II Virginia Aquarium Renewal and Replacement III Virginia Beach Sports Center Maintenance Waste Management Facility Replacement