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Department of Convention and Event Services

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The Department of Convention and Event Services is a Dallas city department responsible for managing convention and event operations, including oversight of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas. It administers the Office of Special Events, which handles permits and registrations for special events, including street banners, commercial filming, neighborhood markets, and other activities.
12 eventsLast active Tracked since $1.3B city spending

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contract (15)
development (14)
budget (9)
items for individual consideration (4)
bond (4)
passed (3)
transportation (3)
governance (3)
financial (3)
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650 S. Griffin Street, Dallas, TX 75202·Show on Google Maps ↗
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March 2026

Items For Further Consideration
requester

Authorizes an economic development grant agreement with Dallas Wings Development LLC to construct a sports facility on city-owned park property at 1200 North Cockrell Hill Road (up to $57.9M), amends the Dallas Memorial Auditorium resident use agreement with Full Court Partners LLC dba Dallas Wings, and reduces the McKissack and McKissack project management contract by $1.85M to eliminate the Dallas Wings Practice Facility from scope.

Authorize (1) an economic development grant agreement with the Dallas Wings Development, LLC to construct a facility on City-owned park property located at 1200 North Cockrell Hill Road in an amount n

$56.0M

February 2026

Items For Individual Consideration
requester

Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the professional services contract with Perkins & Will, Inc. for additional architectural and engineering services for the KBHCCD Convention Center Expansion West of Lamar, increasing the contract by $3,045,443.45 to a new total of $144,619,808.45.

Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the professional services contract with Perkins & Will, Inc. for additional architectural and engineering services related to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convent

$3.0M
Items For Individual Consideration
requester

Authorizes an economic development grant agreement with Dallas Wings Development LLC to construct a facility on city-owned park property at 1200 North Cockrell Hill Road (up to $57.9M), amends the Dallas Memorial Auditorium agreement with Full Court Partners LLC dba Dallas Wings, and reduces the McKissack and McKissack project management contract by $1,847,485 to eliminate the Dallas Wings Practice Facility scope.

Authorize (1) an economic development grant agreement with the Dallas Wings Development, LLC to construct a facility on City-owned park property located at 1200 North Cockrell Hill Road in an amount n

$56.0M
Items For Individual Consideration
requester

Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the CMAR contract with Trinity Alliance Ventures, LLC, accepting a Guaranteed Maximum Price of $695,680,181 for construction of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas expansion west of Lamar, with owner's contingency, bringing the total CMAR contract to $984,394,571.40 financed by CCT 2025 Senior Lien Special Tax Revenue Notes.

Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the Construction Manager at Risk (“CMAR”) Contract with Trinity Alliance Ventures, LLC, a joint venture, to provide (1) City’s acceptance of GMP 2 for constru

$717.5M

January 2026

Items For Individual Consideration
requester

Authorizes an increase of $26 million to a previously approved State Infrastructure Bank loan application, raising the total loan amount to $116 million to finance transportation improvements and demolition surrounding the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.

Authorize an increase in the amount of $26 million to a previously authorized application approved on May 28, 2025, by Resolution No. 25-0814, for a loan in the amount of $90 million from the State In

Briefing Items

A briefing on the Transportation Communication Plan developed as part of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Master Plan, addressing transportation coordination and public outreach strategies.

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Master Plan - Transportation Communication Plan [Rosa Fleming, Director, Convention and Event Services; Gus Khankarli, Director, Transportation and Public

November 2025

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Authorizes an Interlocal Agreement with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) for activities during the first 18 months of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center redevelopment project, covering temporary closure and vacation of the on-site DART facility, at a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 from the Convention Center Capital Construction Fund.

Authorize an Interlocal Agreement (“ILA”) with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (hereinafter "DART") for activities occurring during the first eighteen months of the Project related to the temporary closure

$3.0M

September 2025

Consent Agenda
requester

Authorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 2 with McKissack & McKissack, Inc. for project management and owner's representative services covering the Secondary Arena Facility and rehabilitation of Dallas Memorial Auditorium under the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas master plan, increasing Convention Center Revenue Bonds Series 2023 Fund appropriations from $7,982,340 to $13,945,684.

Authorize (1) Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the project manager/owner's representative services agreement with McKissack & McKissack, Inc. for (a) additional services associated with the implementat

$6.0M
Consent Agenda
requester

Authorizes a supplemental project management services agreement with Dikita Enterprises, Inc. to temporarily relocate The Black Academy of Arts and Letters from the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center to The Women's Museum as part of KBHCCD master plan Component Four, increasing appropriations by $469,054 in the Convention Center Revenue Bonds Series 2023 Fund.

Authorize (1) Supplemental Agreement No. 2 to the owner's representative - design/construction project management services contract with Dikita Enterprises, lnc. for the implementation of Component Fo

$469K

June 2025

Consent Agenda
requester

Authorization for the City Manager to execute a second three-year renewal of the services contract with the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau (VisitDallas) for convention and tourism promotion services from October 2025 through September 2028, and to revise the contract to reflect the updated Hotel Occupancy Tax allocation of 1.232%, not to exceed $46,209,045.

Authorize (1) the City Manager to execute the second three-year renewal options to the services contract with the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau (d/b/a VisitDallas), for convention and public eve

$46.2M