As Columbia's Vista district sees a hotel mini-boom, the city's Convention Center is still without its long-awaited full service hotel and adjacent expansion.

Cheryl Swanson, vice president and general manager of the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, said the convention center has worked to fulfill its purpose over the past 20 years.

The Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center opened 20 years ago in September 2004. It has been a successful regional project because it included not only the Convention Center but also the ...

Columbia isn't known as a destination for large-scale conferences and exhibitions, but officials are taking a look at whether it is feasible to build a new convention center as the city continues ...

Roughly eight months after the Columbia City Council authorized it, a report is coming back to the council regarding convention center feasibility. "The (Convention and Visitors Bureau) is seeing ...

Even if a private entity were to build a multipurpose convention and event center attached to a hotel, it may still take public incentives to draw that project in, Othen said.

Columbia hopes to remove red tape to allow for a 16-story hotel next to the city’s convention center, which leaders say is needed to compete as an event destination.

The Convention Center, celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, did not get built without significant controversy and years of failed efforts. Skip to main content. 24/7 ...

Columbia isn’t known as a destination for large-scale conferences and exhibitions, but officials are taking a look at whether it would be feasible to build a new convention center as the city ...