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Academic Conference Center

  • A new campus venue for academic conferences and events
  • Adjacent to Mondavi Center, Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center and proposed hotel
  • Meeting rooms, ballroom, restaurant, pre-function space, office space and more


The planned UC Davis Academic Conference Center facility will occupy approximately 1.5 acres, consist of approximately 75,000 gsf (55,000 asf), and will include a restaurant and pub; lobby, gift shop, and pre-function space; a ballroom; support space; meeting rooms; and office space.

Conference center uses, including the restaurant and pub, ballroom, meeting rooms, lobby and pre-function space, and support space would occupy the ground floor of the facility. Office space would occupy two stories above the conference center's meeting rooms.

The center will provide a state-of-the-art learning and meeting center where ideas and advances could be exchanged in a highly conducive environment. It will work in combination with the proposed hotel, adjacent Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center to enhance UC Davis' role as a regional center for the exchange of ideas.

The conference center will meet current needs, stimulate future campus conference demand, attract campus affiliates, and draw from the growing regional corporate market. The proposed conference center will also enhance visitor attraction to the local community.

The conference center facility will include the following spaces:

  • Food Service
    A 4,000-asf food service area including an approximately 75-person capacity restaurant, and an approximately 75-person capacity pub.
  • Lobby, Gift Shop, and Pre-function Space
    Approximately 8,000 asf for a lobby, a small gift shop, guest support space, and a conference center pre-function area. The lobby will serve both the conference center and the hotel.
  • Ballroom
    Approximately 5,000-asf ballroom with meeting capacity for 500 people and dining capacity for approximately 300 people.
  • Meeting Rooms
    Meeting rooms and meeting support space totaling approximately 8,000 asf with capacity for 300 people. Rooms in the adjacent Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts and Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center will provide additional meeting space for the conference center facility.
  • Support Space
    Approximately 10,000 asf of space to accommodate support operations including: kitchen and kitchen storage; receiving; storage; employee offices, lounge, and lockers; laundry and housekeeping services; and engineering and mechanical uses.
  • Office Space
    Office space and associated lobby and meeting rooms will total approximately 20,000 asf and will be located in two stories above the conference center meeting rooms and lobby. This office space will serve the Office of University Relations.

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