Construction of Convention Center in Amador Underway

Panama's new government will have to launch the tender for the convention center administrator and define the future of the Atlapa complex.

Friday, July 4, 2014

The project in Amador is 32% complete and is due to be finished in December 2015, but a tender to choose the company that will manage the resort has yet to be created.

"... Four buildings make up the new complex for conferences and conventions, which in total has 81,396 square meters (m2) and a capacity for 23,000 people."

Prensa.com reported that "... The new amphitheater will allow Panama to compete for large conferences, which is the hope of hotel owners in the capital city, which in the segment of international events has the opportunity to lift the occupancy rates, which over the past two years has fallen by more than 10% due to an oversupply of rooms. "

Additionally, the Varela government will have to resolve the future of the Atlapa convention center, whose sale was canceled in May after it was auctioned three times without success.

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Expansion of Amador Convention Center

June 2016

In order for the building to have better conditions to accommodate large scale events, the original design has been modified to expand the leasable space to 30,000 square meters and include more parking spaces.

Authorities from the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) and representatives of the consortium CCA-Cocige, in charge of resuming the work which had been on hold since December 2014, have unveiled details of the new design for the convention center, which will be three times bigger than Atlapa. 

The ATP said that the redesign does not change the cost of the work, which remains at $193.7 million and still leaves a construction area at 58 thousand square meters, of which 30,000 square meters are "salable areas for different types of events. The total capacity of the building is 25,000 people. " 

In the statement issued by the ATP, the hierarch, Gustavo Him, notes that ".... the main reasons for the redesign are to improve the functionality of the project, implement advanced technologies and, occasionally, to focus the project towards the growing and thriving industry of conferences and conventions, which brings into the country annual revenues of $700 million. 'More exhibition areas have been gained, taking into account the current need for the country to have a more competitive convention center with larger areas for conventions with around 1,700 parking spaces.' "

"... The work is currently 33% complete, corresponding to the construction of foundations and the building structure, which in the new design makes full use of the money invested in the project so far. The new design includes expanding the areas for exhibitions and having a main hall for fairs and exhibitions measuring 15,000 m2. "

See more details of the redesign in a statement issued by the ATP. (In Spanish)

Panama: Project Management of Convention Center

February 2016

Ten companies are interested in managing the construction of the convention center in Amador.

The companies involved are A.C.I. Proyectos S.A.S., EA Panamá, Ayesa, Manhattan Construction Group, SGS Panamá Control Services, The Louis Berger Group, Cemosa, Proyeco Panamá, Consorcio Glag and Consorcio Urbano, who are competing for the project management of the design, construction, and equipment the new center for conventions, exhibitions and events in Amador.

Panama: Atlapa Sale Stopped

April 2015

After two auctions held in the Martinelli administration were declared void, the Tourism Minister has said that the convention center will not be sold.

In order to adapt it for the VII Summit of the Americas, the Panamanian government invested $3.2 million in the Atlapa Convention Center. Having made this investment, the Minister of Tourism, Sierra Jesus said "... This government is not going to sell Atlapa. "

Panama: Sale of Atlapa suspended

May 2014

The decision of whether to sell the event center after three failed attempts to auction it will be left to the incoming government.

According to Law 22 on public procurement, after three attempts at an auction the state should proceed to selling the property for $62 million, ie 50% of the original sales price.

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