08/13/2026
The Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA) team is delighted to again participate in the MACo Summer Conference. The conference brings together approximately 3,000 leaders from all levels of government and the private sector for four days of learning and networking.
The event takes place in the Roland Powell Convention Center's newly expanded 30,000 square-foot multi-purpose exhibit hall, a new 15,000 square-foot bayside gallery, a business center, and additional support spaces.
The MSA, the Town of Ocean City’s longtime partner in the Convention Center, oversaw the construction of this third and final phase of additions and upgrades.
Phases one and two of the project consisted of the new bayside ballroom, dockside exhibit hall, and the Performing Arts Center. The new, 30,000 square-foot exhibit hall connects to existing main exhibit halls A and B with a movable partition. This allows the center to host a single large event, or up to three simultaneous smaller events.
This MSA project broke ground in April 2020, and was completed in January 2022.
Ocean City Convention Center, Phase III
project Summary With the success of 2019 legislation, MSA in partnership with the Town of Ocean City, is moving forward with the third expansion of the Roland E. Powell Ocean City Convention Center. The expected cost of the expansion is $38 million and will be funded from $22.5 million in MSA bonds,...
