Checota civic event center
- Matt Duguid, Paradigm Architecture.
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An architectural rendering of the proposed 60,000-square-foot, 6,000-person capacity event space. The view is from the Orange Street Bridge. In the background, the proposed 10-story hotel/condominium building. The 48 condos will be on the upper floors.
Matt Duguid, Paradigm Architecture.As featured on
Missoula’s whirlwind economic expansion has been the talk of the town since the end of the Great Recession, with new banks, restaurants, hotels and construction cranes popping up seemingly daily. But perhaps no single project embodies the city’s transformation more than the unveiling of plans last week by local businessman Nick Checota for a $100-million, 60,000-square-foot events center with a hotel, condos and restaurants overlooking the Clark Fork River downtown.