Missoula Events center should be built in I-90 corridor, consultants say

The best place for a multipurpose event center in Missoula isn’t at the county fairgrounds on the south side of town but next to Interstate 90 on the north.

"Our recommendation at this point is to focus the efforts on multiple sites that exist along the I-90 corridor," Rob Hunden told a roomful of business and civic leaders on Monday.

Areas west of town near the Reserve Street and Airport interchanges ranked comfortably higher than the fairgrounds or a fourth site downtown, labeled the "Old Roundhouse," said Hunden, president of the Midwestern consulting firm Hunden Strategic Partners.

By KIM BRIGGEMAN of the Missoulian

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