Construction works on the largest conference centre in Zimbabwe the Harare Hippodrome Conference Centre is on track. Nearly project is 60 percent work is complete on the project.
The Harare Hippodrome Conference Centre is being built with a hotel in Harare’s Braeside. President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa officiated the groundbreaking ceremony for the project in March 2021.
The conference centre which will have a capacity to hold 6,350 people, will dwarf the Rainbow Towers (HICC) Conference Centre that has a capacity of 4,500 and the City Sports Centre which has a 4,000 capacity.
It will feature coffee-shop and other complementing spaces that will serve different purposes like the gym and saloon among others. The hotel will comprise 40 executive rooms. Upon completion, the centre is projected to boost Zimbabwe’s competitiveness as a prime tourism destination and enable it to host mega meetings, conferences and exhibitions.
The works on the shell is expected to be completed by November 2021.The building should be in use by December 2021 and the company expects to handover a complete project in March 2022.