Longmont eyes potential for new conference center, arts venue

LONGMONT — Since the Plaza Convention Center closed last fall, Longmont has been without a venue large enough to host major events. Longmont city, business and tourism leaders now want to learn whether it makes sense to build a new convention center.

The city, along with Visit Longmont, the Longmont Downtown Development Authority and the Longmont Performing Arts Initiative, recently began seeking a consultant to perform a feasibility study “to determine if a performing arts center is feasible, a convention center is feasible or if both are feasible,” Visit Longmont executive director Nancy Rezac said.

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