The new convention center is the centerpiece of an ongoing project to improve Jekyll Island's aging amenities and bring tourism and convention planners back to the island. (Photo: Frank Kehren via Flickr)
The convention center is the centerpiece of Jekyll Island officials' plans to upgrade hotels and meeting space on the island to bring back tourists and convention planners who started going elsewhere because of Jekyll's aging amenities.
The state is spending $50 million on the project, mostly on the convention facilities, while private companies are overseeing construction of new hotels. The new convention center will feature a main hall of 50,000 square feet - more than three times larger than the largest meeting room in the old convention building. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2012.
