Buffalo Niagara Convention Center

Site Options - Program Test Fit

Following completion of the Phase I Market Study, the design team members of
the Study Team began the second phase of this feasibility study - evaluation of
expansion and alternate sites. The analysis steps included an estimation of the
required gross enclosed area of the project, an evaluation of the existing facility,
an expansion site and an alternate site, the preparation of building organization DELAWARE SITE
diagrams to best respond to the building program on the expansion and alternate
sites, and finally, the preparation of preliminary order-of-magnitude cost estimates
for the two options identified. STATLER SITE
Several major planning goals governed the exploration of building organizational EXISTING BNCC FACILITY
concepts on the expansion and alternate sites. These goals included:

• Maximizing leasable and support space within the ranges identified in

the market study and subsequent program definition
• Creation of a single-level and contiguous exhibit hall
• Maximizing building functionality, efficiency and industry standards
within the inherent site constraints
• Maximizing opportunities for street activation, transparency, natural
light, views and integration with surroundings
• Consideration of phasing issues to allow maintenance of existing
BNCC operations during construction

OPTION 1 | EXISTING BNCC FACILITY

An analysis of the existing BNCC’s opportunities and constraints and how
it may be economically improved to accommodate the function spaces
recommended in the market study.

OPTION 2 | EXPANDED BNCC (EXISTING BNCC FACILITY + STATLER + DELAWARE SITES)

Optimization of the existing BNCC and two adjacent sites to create a HSBC SITE
Convention and Conference Center Complex with a new Exhibit Hall and
upgraded Meeting Rooms and a Ballroom. The site includes renovation of
the existing facility, re-purposing the low-rise portion of the adjacent Statler
building and constructing new facilities on the Delaware block.

OPTION 3 | HSBC SITE

Construction of a new Convention Center on the HSBC site that includes all the
Recommended Function Spaces in a two-floor facility.

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