Amador Convention Center is 91% finished

As part of a field trip to some of Panama City’s tourist attractions, the 250 international wholesalers that recently arrived in Panama for the Expo Tourism Internacional 2019 trade fair visited the facilities of the Amador Convention Center.

The group was welcomed into the structure’s spacious lobby by Antonio Tirado, a representative of the Spanish-based company, Ayesa, one of the firms charged with building the structure (the other two being China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. and Panama-based Construcciones Civiles Generales, S.A) at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.

Among other things, the tour included visiting the exhibit halls located at the structure’s southern end (currently in their final construction phase), and the grand banquet hall, which has a seating capacity for up to 5,000 guests.

By means of a video, the visitors were able to learn about the technical features of the project, which covers an area of 61,000 square meters and total capacity for 24,000 persons. “The project’s construction progress presently stands at 91%, and we are looking forward to delivering the building on September 30 of this year,” said Tirado.

The project’s substantial progress injects a dose of optimism into Panama’s MICE industry after a series of delays with regards to the structure’s delivery date.

The Amador project will replace Atlapa Convention Center (with capacity 10,000 persons) as the largest MICE facility of Panama and Central America, and which was built in downtown Panama City in the 1970s.

As explained by Antonio Tirado, the new convention center is located in the heart of one of Panama’s most important tourist areas, as it is situated only minutes away from the Miraflores Locks, within walking distance from Biomuseo (the only structure designed by renowned Canadian architect Frank Gehry in Latin America,) and within a short drive from restaurants, attractions, and the soon-to-be-delivered cruise port on the Amador Causeway.