In the early 2000s, the Spokane Public Facilities District, which had originally been created in the late 1980s to oversee the development of the nearby Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (a building that was completed in 1995) was tasked to take on a major expansion of the Spokane Convention Center along with the development of other public venues around the Spokane area.
 In May 2002, Spokane County voters approved a ballot measure that enabled the design and construction of a 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²) exhibition hall addition to the convention center.
 Because of land constraints, a hall of that size (which would more than double the square footage of the existing convention center) would have to be built non-contiguously with the existing building and connected with an interior walkway, unlike the seamless addition of the prior Ag Trade Center expansion.
 By August 2003, the east site was selected as the home for the new exhibit halls and on September 2, 2003, the ownership and management of the Spokane Convention Center (along with the opera house) was transferred from the City of Spokane to the Spokane Public Facilities District.

Construction on the new Group Health Exhibit Hall began in 2004 and was completed in the summer of 2006, several months ahead of the 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships, in which it was a venue, along with the Spokane Arena.
 The building was designed in part to host that event, which required a hall with a column-free layout for a temporary ice rink to be set up in.
 The exhibit hall is connected to the older portions of the convention center via an elevated walkway that runs along the banks of the Spokane River.
 After the completion of the new exhibit hall the Public Facilities District began a renovation project (that was completed the following spring) of the older portions of the convention center which included the conversion of the old exhibition spaces into ballrooms.
 The new exhibition hall has enabled Spokane to compete at a larger stage for convention business and has helped bring in events such as the USA Volleyball Pacific Northwest Qualifier on several occasions that wouldn't have been possible without the expansion.
In the early 2000s, the Spokane Public Facilities District, which had originally been created in the late 1980s to oversee the development of the nearby Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (a building that was completed in 1995) was tasked to take on a major expansion of the Spokane Convention Center along with the development of other public venues around the Spokane area.  In May 2002, Spokane County voters approved a ballot measure that enabled the design and construction of a 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²) exhibition hall addition to the convention center.  Because of land constraints, a hall of that size (which would more than double the square footage of the existing convention center) would have to be built non-contiguously with the existing building and connected with an interior walkway, unlike the seamless addition of the prior Ag Trade Center expansion.  By August 2003, the east site was selected as the home for the new exhibit halls and on September 2, 2003, the ownership and management of the Spokane Convention Center (along with the opera house) was transferred from the City of Spokane to the Spokane Public Facilities District.
Construction on the new Group Health Exhibit Hall began in 2004 and was completed in the summer of 2006, several months ahead of the 2007 United States Figure Skating Championships, in which it was a venue, along with the Spokane Arena.  The building was designed in part to host that event, which required a hall with a column-free layout for a temporary ice rink to be set up in.  The exhibit hall is connected to the older portions of the convention center via an elevated walkway that runs along the banks of the Spokane River.  After the completion of the new exhibit hall the Public Facilities District began a renovation project (that was completed the following spring) of the older portions of the convention center which included the conversion of the old exhibition spaces into ballrooms.  The new exhibition hall has enabled Spokane to compete at a larger stage for convention business and has helped bring in events such as the USA Volleyball Pacific Northwest Qualifier on several occasions that wouldn't have been possible without the expansion.
Spokane Convention Center