01/16/2025 - Approvals lined up for convention center expansion design; name to be final by March

01/16/2025 - CIB appoints new member, fine-tunes expansion project

12/18/2024 - Convention Center is paying off loan, paving the way for expansion project

12/12/2024 - Convention expansion leaders tweak design, update land transfer status

12/13/2024 - Convention center expansion notebook: Site plan, variances, bond issuance cued up for 2025

11/17/2024 - Early payoff of debt on existing Monroe Convention Center to be mulled by CVC

11/04/2024 - Monroe Convention Center expansion moves ahead with final design, election ops sees last votes

10/21/2024 - Bloomington RDC OKs $25K for real estate appraisals, preps sale to hotelier for convention center project

10/10/2024 - Convention center expansion update: Favored hotelier named, project cost dialed in at $71M, Bloomington budget challenge rejected

9/17/2024 - Community members want visually stunning, affordable convention center expansion

9/12/2024 - CIB President: convention center expansion will have a skywalk

9/12/2024 - Hotel developers present proposals for convention center expansion

9/12/2024 - CIB heads to September 16 public meeting on convention center design with updated Big City concept

9/6/2024 - Convention Center takes steps ahead with sharp words from 2 Bloomington council members

8/15/2024 - CIB reviews first drafts of convention center designs

8/15/2024 - Convention center design: Early schematics show 3 options

7/23/2024 - Advisory group OKs $350k more for 2024 capital board’s budget

7/19/2024 - Monroe Convention Center expansion moves forward with site, architect selection

7/11/2024 - End of 2026 eyed for finish, $4.4 million contract with architect OK’d

6/14/2024 - CIB takes steps to contract with architect, to include input from arts, entertainment

6/12/2024 - CIB selects east option for convention center expansion

6/12/2024 - Monroe County CIB: Weddle Bros. to be construction manager for eastward convention center expansion

6/7/2024 - Bloomington City Council adopts letter to capital improvement board on convention center project

6/4/2024 - CIB wraps up convention center construction manager interviews

6/4/2024 - CIB to select construction manager for convention center June 12

5/23/2024 - Interviews for construction manager set for June 4

5/16/2024 - CIB won’t negotiate on northern property acquisition for convention center, attorney says

5/15/2024 - No North Option for Convention Center Expansion: CIB Won't Negotiate with Bloomington for Land

5/10/2024 - Critical decisions soon for Monroe Convention Center expansion: site, budget, uses

5/9/2024 - Bloomington council discusses priorities in convention center expansion

4/24/2024 - $6K fireworks item sparks Monroe County council talk about convention center expansion

4/11/2024 - CIB budget OK’d on split city council vote, answers on land for convention center hoped for by May 8

4/7/2024 - CIB budget cued up for Bloomington council, no big course change in sight on convention center project

4/5/2024 - City council members discuss reevaluation of convention center project

4/2/2024 - Monroe Convention Center expansion: Bloomington city council work session set for April 5

3/22/2024 - Convention center expansion project seeking hotelier, construction manager

3/21/2024 - Convention center capital board picks JS Held as owner’s rep, issues RFQ for hotel

3/19/2024 - Bloomington set to pay $1.9 million for NE part of parking lot, planned for convention center expansion

3/18/2024 - Convention center notebook: Bloomington releases past appraisal figures for north property

3/6/2024 - Thomson gives final OK on interlocal for convention center expansion

2/29/2024 - City council approves interlocal agreement for convention center project

2/29/2024 - Residents call for ceasefire in Gaza, city council also approves convention center agreement

2/29/2024 - Bloomington city council OKs convention center interlocal accord, but not unanimously

2/21/2024 - County’s side of convention center interlocal accord OK’d, now to Bloomington city council, mayor

2/15/2024 - Imminent interlocal accord gives boost to convention center expansion, but project timeline looks longer

12/14/2023 - Board Looks to Potential Fall 2026 Opening of Monroe County Convention Center Expansion

11/8/2023 - Board picks former Encore Cafe owner to join group to oversee Monroe Convention Center expansion

10/4/2023 - First meeting of new board gets momentum restarted for Monroe Convention Center expansion

7/19/2023 - Ask The Mayor: Bloomington's Hamilton on CIB proposal, high speed internet connections

7/11/2023 - County Board of Commissioners approve convention center capital improvement board

7/11/2023 - New CIB to Oversee Expansion of Monroe Convention Center

7/6/2023 - Capital improvement board created, convention center expansion takes small step forward

7/5/2023 - Commissioners OK creation of CIB for convention center expansion

6/13/2023 - City, county government resume talks on convention center expansion

1/6/2023 - “We’ve gotta get moving on that,” says state rep on convention center project, given threat of tax sunset

11/11/2022 - Ball in city’s court after Monroe County proposes path to expand convention center

11/10/2022 - Column: For convention center governance, it’s a clear choice—the one subject to the Open Door Law

10/7/2022 - Bloomington effectively declares dead any deal to work with Monroe County on convention center

9/1/2022 - Officials back at the table working to figure out convention center expansion

8/18/2022 - Monroe convention expansion at stalemate while Terre Haute, Columbus find momentum

8/17/2022 - Bloomington's convention center expansion: What you need to know

8/16/2022 - Bloomington proposes plan for Monroe Convention Center expansion

5/25/2022 - Monroe County set for final vote on limestone heritage land, no news on convention center project

9/28/2021 - Monroe Convention Center expansion project revisited after COVID-induced pause in 2020

9/26/2021 - Convention center expansion talk picks back up: “People want to be together.”

12/5/2019 - City, County Officials Discuss Convention Center; Designate Near West Side As Conservation District

9/17/2019 - Convention center parking, management still at issue

7/18/2019 - Bloomington, Monroe County both move on separate land acquisitions as part of planned expansion of convention center