Either way, it is necessary to talk to actual users, and plan the facility expansions for their needs. Flexible ballrooms have also become much demanded by groups, and a few are looking for specialized facilities such as fixed-seat theaters of specific sizes. A key concept for expansion facilities is flexibility. For one thing, flexibility means that individual spaces should have the capability of being reconfigured to make smaller spaces and even to serve as swing space which can be an exhibit hall for one group, and meeting room space for the next. Another aspect of flexibility is to create facilities which can accommodate multiple user groups simultaneously.
Every group wants to be made to feel that they are the only meeting in town.
Simultaneous use of the facility can also create greater economic impact. In a facility that can accommodate more than one group at a time, schedules tend to naturally become interleaved so that one group is in the middle of their meeting while is another is moving in or out. This more even flow of delegates through your community creates a more sustained and even economic impact, which is more conducive to the establishment of visitor-serving businesses in the vicinity of the meeting facilities. The second class of facilities are those which are being developed from the ground up, where no meeting venue existed in the past. With expansion of an existing facility the community knew what kind of destination they had, they were only fine-tuning a going concern.