The group overseeing the Bloomington Convention Center expansion approved bids for the renovation of the current facility to take place in early 2027.
In a special meeting Saturday morning, the Capital Improvement Board approved $2.1 million dollars for masonry repairs, window replacement, and new heating and cooling units.
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CIB President John Whikehart said the bids expired Sunday, so the special meeting was called for Saturday.
The items are partly funded by the county Innkeepers Tax and were approved by the Convention and Visitors Commission Wednesday.
Kitchen equipment, audio and visual systems, and IT infrastructure were approved last fall for the renovations. The more than $500,000 for those items came from construction funds.
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The renovation of the current facility will take about six months.
