New Box Elder Event Center to be a “catalyst” for future progress, expansion

BOX ELDER, S.D. — A brand new neighborhood and occasion heart is coming to the City of Box Elder.

At over 53,000 sq. ft, the brand new occasion heart will be positioned close to the intersection of Cheyenne Boulevard and Elk Vale Road. Construction prices are estimated at about $23-million.

The new heart will maintain over 3000 individuals, which is twelve occasions the dimensions of the present occasion heart, which holds about 250 individuals. The metropolis hopes the multi-use facility will put Box Elder within the working for particular occasions like concert events, conventions, sporting occasions.

“We suppose that is going to be an thrilling draw from South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska and assist make the City of Box Elder be a vacation spot metropolis for many years to come,” mentioned Matthew Connor, the Public Information Officer for the City of Rapid City.

The specs of the brand new facility are as follows:

• • • FACILITY OVERVIEW • 3 Multipurpose Areas • Area ‘A’ – 9,070 SqFt – 1296 Occupants
    • • Area ‘B’ – 6,585 SqFt – 941 Occupants
    • • Area ‘C’ = 6,585 SqFt – 941 Occupants
    • • Contiguous area of twenty-two,240 SqFt – 3,178 Occupants
  • • • 4 Meeting Rooms that may be transformed into multipurpose rooms as they’ve expandable partitions. • Meeting Room 1 is 860 SqFt – 58 Occupants
    • • Meeting Room 2 is 883 SqFt – 59 Occupants
    • • Meeting Room 3 is 883 SqFt – 59 Occupants
    • • Meeting Room 4 is 901 SqFt – 58 Occupants
    • • Contiguous Space of three,527 SqFt – 234 Occupants
    • • State of the Art Kitchen – 1966 SqFt – First-class meals and beverage capabilities.

The occasion heart will be instantly linked to the 174 room Courtyard by Marriot Hotel.

With the expansion town has seen and is anticipated to see, a new occasion heart got here as a direct want to service these coming into the realm.

“With the transformation we’re experiencing, there was a duty to enhance the chance for leisure {and professional} occasions within the metropolis. The new Event Center supplies a important useful resource that can assist remodel Box Elder to a vacation spot metropolis for many years to come,” Conner mentioned.

In the previous 5 years, town has seen a mean of 10 % progress per yr. That quantity is anticipated to soar with the expansion of Ellsworth Air ForceBbase and the addition of hundreds of navy personnel.

“We suppose we’re going to be seeing an annual progress price of 15% per yr, so this occasion heart is a excellent companion for that progress,” Connor mentioned.

City leaders say there might be far more in retailer for town, because it continues to develop, not simply for industrial however residential alternatives.

While the brand new occasion heart is thrilling for the Box Elder, metropolis officers say that its influence is admittedly a image of potential progress and expansion that can happen within the space, before many suppose.

“We suppose you’re going to see important progress past the occasion heart inside two to three years, and that’ll keep on, most likely throughout the subsequent decade because it builds out in direction of Cheyenne Boulevard and down into the middle space of a City of Box Elder,” Connor mentioned.

As far because the lease settlement, Connor says that Atlantis LLC, by way of LIV Hospitality, can have a 30-year settlement for the administration, operation, and administration of recent occasion heart. For the City, this removes the upkeep bills and legal responsibility associated to Event Center operations.

Completion for the occasion heart is ready for summer season of 2023.