Saturday, November 21, 2009

SPECIAL SECTION: SPOKANE CONVENTION CENTER

Exhibit Hall: by the numbers

July 19, 2006

20,000: Square feet of glass

100,000: Cinder blocks

Toilet fixtures: 43 stalls, 12 urinals

1.75: Football fields could fit in the Group Health Exhibit Hall

98,700: Square feet of metal siding

31%: Estimated water and energy savings in this building versus what a "standard" building would use

3,367: Light bulbs

18,000: Cubic yards of concrete

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4,700: Gallons of paint

4,000: Four-inch metal discs in "Current Events," the artwork by Ken Spiering that adorns the southeast corner of the facility

49,000: Pairs of worker gloves used

92,400: Cups of coffee drunk by workers

323,890: Worker hours

$55 million: Amount originally budgeted for construction of the facility

$58 million: Amount it ended up costing

38,566: Voters approved extension of sales tax for expanded Convention Center under PFD management in 2002

43,118: Voters approved extension of hotel-motel tax for expanded Convention Center, in 2002.

-- Staff research