KAI Delivers MEP Engineering for $210M America’s Center Expansion in Downtown St. Louis
St.Louis, Mo. — KAI provided MEPFP engineering and sustainability consulting on the recently completed $210 million expansion and renovation of the Cervantes Convention Center at America’s Center in downtown St. Louis. The AC Next Gen project, jointly funded by the City of St. Louis and Explore St. Louis, was completed in November 2024 with the goal of modernizing and enlarging the America’s Center Convention Complex to attract major conventions and events to the region. This was the first expansion of the Convention Center since the early 1990s. The America’s Center complex is situated next to the Dome at America’s Center, former home of the NFL’s St. Louis Rams and current home of the UFL’s St. Louis BattleHawks. Originally opened in 1977 as the Cervantes Convention Center, the facility is named after former St. Louis City Mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes and is bordered by Washington Avenue and Cole Street. Recent upgrades significantly enhance the facility’s functionality and capacity...