Wikimedia Commons · 9yz · CC BY-SA 4.0The Moscone Center's record centers on building and expanding it. A 1991 environmental report notes the 1978 review analyzed the George R. Moscone Convention Center, which "was opened on December 10, 1981," and a 1992 report describes voters approving the underground expansion of exhibit and meeting space. A 1988 Board of Supervisors journal logs ordinances financing the expansion, and 2001 Finance Committee minutes record a design agreement with Gensler amended to a total not exceeding $15,026,326, with floor area growing from 570,000 to 780,000 square feet. City permit data lists 145 permits totaling about $559 million declared, including a 2015 renovation declared at $266,061,486. It falls under the City Administrator, whose FY2025 budget line is $288M.
Archive coverage for this place is limited — only 4 matched documents so far, so this summary stays short rather than padded.
City Facilities registry · 2 buildings on site · parcel 3734091 · Supervisor District 6
Construction permits on this parcel
- Renov(e)moscone north & south bldg,increase gross sq footage of moscone n & s combined facility fr approx 1.2 million gsf to…2015 · complete$266.1M
- Moscone center extension1989 · complete$100.0M
- Created during job card conversion on: 03/04/831978 · complete$81.1M
- Erect a three story exhibit and recreational structure1996 · complete$26.3M
- Work primarily includes replacing (e) floor finishes, wall finishes, and ceiling finishes. deffered maintenance items & ada…2011 · complete$25.2M
- Moscone center extension1989 · complete$24.0M
Figures come from different city ledgers (voter bonds, contracts, permits) and are not additive — a bond fund pays the contracts for the same job. Sources: SF GO Bond program, vendor vouchers, building permits (DataSF).
Operated by the City Administrator — department budget $287.7M, 1,154 staff citywide (FY2025), not this place’s own.
The 4 documents behind the summary above, held at the Internet Archive — Democracy’s Library plus IA’s San Francisco Public Library partnership scans. Every link opens the scanned page with the match highlighted.
- Yerba Buena Center : subsequent environmental impact report : summary of comments and responses · 1992 ↗
A 1992 EIR summary describing voter-approved underground expansion of the convention center on block CB-2.
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (San Francisco, Calif.),San Francisco (Calif.) Planning DeptInternet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans - Yerba Buena Center : draft subsequent environmental impact report · 1991 ↗
A 1991 subsequent EIR recording that the Moscone Convention Center opened December 10, 1981.
San Francisco (Calif.). Dept. of City Planning,San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (San Francisco, Calif.)Internet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans
- Minutes · 1997 ↗
2001 Finance Committee minutes on the Gensler design agreement for the Moscone expansion, amended to a $15,026,326 total.
San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors. Finance CommitteeInternet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans - Journal of proceedings, Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco · 1988 ↗
A 1988 Board of Supervisors journal of ordinances financing the George R. Moscone Convention Center expansion via leases and bonds.
San Francisco (Calif.). Board of SupervisorsInternet Archive — San Francisco Public Library partnership scans
City budget & payments: SF Controller open data (budget, vouchers, contracts) · Historical documents: Internet Archive — SFPL partnership scans + Democracy's Library