The City of Springfield is working with an architect and design firm out of Kansas City to envision what a new convention and event center might look like.
Populous specializes in sports and entertainment venue design and has projects across the U.S. and around the globe.
Tim Rosenbury, director of Quality of Place Initiatives for the City of Springfield, said nine firms submitted their qualifications to be considered for the initial pre-design, exploratory phase, and those were shortlisted to four. But Rosenbury said, after interviewing those four teams, “clearly, Populous and their team members of consultants and leaders within their firm just really, met the mark for us.”…