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Agency 550
State Convention and Trade Center
RCW 67.40

Request $27,674,263
Net change from current biennium $4,219,225 Increase
Percent change from current biennium 18.0% Increase


The purpose of the Washington State Convention and Trade Center is to attract revenue from outside Washington State by hosting national, international, and regional conventions and trade shows. In addition, the Center is intended to promote tourism and provide direct and indirect civic and economic benefits to the citizens of the state of Washington through the establishment of a nationally competitive convention and trade facility in the city of Seattle.

The Washington State Convention and Trade Center was established as a public, nonprofit corporation on July 7, 1982, with the goal of designing and constructing a convention and trade center in the city of Seattle. It also was charged with maintaining, operating, promoting, expanding, and managing the Center. The corporation is governed by a nine-member board of directors appointed by the Governor.

Objectives are to operate the existing facility and to generate as much new income as possible for the state as a result of that operation. The Center expects delegate expenditures to significantly increase area hotel, retail, and service sales, state and local tax revenue, and job development opportunities in the tourism industry.


Agency Level Summary

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Operating Budget: Summary
1995-97 Appropriations Appropriated Funds Expenditures
Amount Estimated Balance 1993-95 Actual 1995-97 Estimated 1997-99 Proposed
25,606,000 2,150,962 St Convent/Trade Center Operations - State 18,402,862 23,455,038 27,674,263


Capital Budget: Summary*
1995-97 Appropriations Appropriated Funds Expenditures
Amount Estimated Balance 1993-95 Actual 1995-97 Estimated 1997-99 Proposed
798,775 600,113 State Convention & Trade Center - State 4,275,438 198,662


*For detail projects, see 1997-99 Capital Plan.

Operating Budget: Summary by Object

1994-95 Actual 1995-96 Estimated 1996-97 Estimated 1997-98 Proposed 1998-99 Proposed
Salaries And Wages 3,631,889 3,691,571 4,177,014 3,932,442 4,440,072
Employee Benefits 1,432,303 1,386,537 1,754,742 1,610,718 1,727,200
Personal Service Contracts 988,932 2,390,256 2,384,553 2,500,000 2,700,000
Goods And Services 2,723,241 2,326,787 2,758,417 3,853,523 3,323,598
Travel 17,194 21,406 25,000 35,317 24,450
Capital Outlays 339,674 137,839 525,000 846,000 1,035,943
Debt Service 975,000 1,225,916 650,000 975,000 670,000

Annual Total

10,108,233


11,180,312


12,274,726


13,753,000


13,921,263

Fiscal Year 1993-94 8,294,629
Biennium Total

18,402,862


23,455,038


27,674,263


Operating Budget: Change from Preceding Biennium

1993-95 Actual 1995-97 Estimated 1997-99 Proposed
Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent
Total Administration (892,426) (4.6)% 5,052,176 27.5% 4,219,225 18.0%


Employment Summary

1994-95 Actual 1995-96 Estimated 1996-97 Estimated 1997-98 Proposed 1998-99 Proposed
FTE Staff Years 125.7 123.2 129.0 127.0 131.0
Average FTE Staff Year Costs 28,893 29,964 32,380 30,964 33,894