Dena`ina Civic Center

Working closely with the J L Properties/Venture Development Group development team and in collaboration with LMN Architects, RIM Architects designed this civic and convention center for Downtown Anchorage. The facility is 200,000 sf, and includes a 50,000 sf exhibit hall, a 25,000 sf ballroom, and 12,000 sf of additional meeting rooms. The facility has extensive circulation, registration and support areas. The design is vibrant and contemporary – offering convenient, flexible and attractive space to visitors and the Anchorage community.

The name of the this facility, “Dena`ina Civic and Convention Center” was selected in recognition of the Athabascan people who first settled the Upper Cook Inlet basin area some 1,500 years ago.