The Music City Center is a 1200000 square feet (111,483.6 m²) convention center

Convention center

A convention center is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees...

 currently under construction in the SoBro (South of Broadway) district in Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

. The current convention center is the 115th largest in the country competing for one-fourth of the convention market. This new project will allow the city to compete for three-fourths of the convention market. When completed, the building is expected to have 370000 square feet (34,374.1 m²) of exhibit space and is being designed by Atlanta-based Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates

Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates

tvsdesign, formerly known as Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates or TVS, is an international architecture and interior design firm in the areas of planning, architecture, interior design and sustainable design...

. The Music City Center is slated for completion in 2013.

It will be located on a 16 acres (6.5 ha) site bounded by 5th Avenue, 8th Avenue, Demonbreun Street, and Franklin Street, adjacent to the Bridgestone Arena and the Country Music Hall of Fame.