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CENTRAL BANK CENTER & RUPP ARENA

THE LEXINGTON CENTER

LOCATION

Lexington, KY

SIZE

756,593 sq ft

TYPE

Renovation/Expansion

ARCHITECT 

EOP Architects

 

STRUCTURAL 
PARTNER

Thornton Tomasetti

CONTRACTOR

Messer Construction

A $250.0 M, 756,593 sq ft renovation and expansion 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 custom curtain wall façade which mimics the aesthetic of a basketball net. 
 

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 is constructed at levels 2 and 3 below the Catwalk. 

PROJECT FACTS

+  2023 Merit Award, AIA Kentucky

+  2018 Unbuilt Award, AIA Kentucky

 

+   2014 Honor Award, AIA Los Angeles

+   4 ft thick retaining walls socketed into the 
      
bedrock

+   Elaborate steel tube framed façade

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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