The Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center’s current exhibit and meeting space is smaller than those in Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Augusta and Athens, Georgia.

COLUMBIA — Columbia City Council is moving quickly on expansion plans for the downtown convention center, even as a developer waiting to launch a connected project says time is running out to ...

Columbia leaders have long debated the project, which calls for expanding the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, located on Lincoln Street in the Vista, by 96,000 square feet.

COLUMBIA — Leaders across South Carolina's capital city say they still are hoping to find a deal to expand the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, despite the frustration expressed by a ...

The feasibility study is looking at what meeting and convention space already is available in Columbia and potential areas for growth. Key stakeholders that likely will be interviewed for the ...

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 ...

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's current space for larger meeting and conventions is the Holiday Inn Executive Center. At 19,000 square feet, it is on the smaller side for convention space, needs some updating ...

A plan to expand the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center has lost $9 million in state money previously allocated for the project. Despite the loss, Columbia City Councilman Howard Duvall says ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The City of Columbia could be expanding the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The expansion is expected to bring over five billion dollars to the city. "This will be a ...

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 ...