A feasibility study is the ultimate goal of the committee.

The Chamber's Convention Center study committee met and looked at the architect's possible configurations. Tom Lavin of Lavin Architect began by telling the feasibility committee how they took what people of the committee said they wanted and made a configuration of what they heard.  The Lavin Architect realize that there has to be a master plan so that it could be built in stages.  The completed plan would be around 286,000 sq.ft.  The staff of Lavin Architect showed how it would look in a slideshow which included a 3 D picture.

The participants of the committee once again got the opportunity to move sections around to see what would work best.  This building would be seen from the highway if their dream location could be secured.  It would be on HWY 287 which would make it easy to find if you are coming from out of town for a function.

The indoor arena can be used for equestrian events, rodeos, car shows and sports events such as volleyball or basketball events.  The Indoor Arena would be 150' x 250' which would include seating for 1,250, a warm up area, return alley, dressing room with restrooms only and storage.  Total space would be 79,900.  The arena will be a metal commercial building that is heated and cooled.

The Conference Center would have a exhibit hall, banquet hall 500 seating with a total space of 40,400.  When the auditorium could be built it would be 31,922 total space with seating capacity of 2,000.  There would be space for management office, food services such as concessions, dining room, kitchen, chair/table storage and plant services.  There would be parking on each side of the center with a possibility of an area for outdoor weddings.  The wedding party would then be able to go right into one of the areas in the Conference Center for the wedding reception.

The feasibility committee will get to see another version of the Architect's configuration in October based on discussion from Wednesday's meeting.

If this center is owned by the City of Dumas, the hotel/motel tax can be used to help in the start up. Once the Convention Center started being rented it should take care of itself.  It will be a few years before any of this will become a reality.