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CENTRAL BANK CENTER EXPANSION
AND RUPP ARENA RENOVATION

LOCATION

lexington, Kentucky

 

ARCHITECT 

EOP Architects

NBBJ

STRUCTURAL PARTNER

Thornton Tomasetti

CONTRACTOR

Messer Construction

PROJECT FACTS

620,000 sq ft


4 ft thick retaining walls socketed into the bedrock


Elaborate steel tube framed façade

2018 Citation Award,

AIA Kentucky

2014 Honor Award,
AIA Los Angeles

A $241.0 M renovation/addition project that includes a new convention center for the City of Lexington and the renovation of Rupp Arena to include wider concourses and a new curtain wall façade. The project also includes a new, 2-story pavilion building just to the north of Rupp Arena, connecting pedestrian bridges and a new “Catwalk” plaza to the east. Club space for the University of Kentucky will be constructed at levels 2 and 3 below the Catwalk. Brown + Kubican, PSC is partnering with Thornton Tomasetti to provide structural engineering for this large scale project.

 

 

ADDITIONAL PROJECT PHOTOS 

LEXINGTON, KY
LOUISVILLE, KY
AWARDS
CONNECT

546 East Main St, Suite 300

Lexington, KY 40508

(859) 543-0933

8900 Greeneway Commons Pl, Suite 201
Louisville, KY 40220

(502) 749-2061​

2024 Circle of Excellence | Top 20 percent in the US   

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