Huntington Place Drive Through Vaccination Center Closes After a Two-Year Run

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Huntington Place Drive Through Vaccination Center Closes After a Two-Year Run

3/1/2022
DETROIT - In December 2020, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced his plans to establish the city's largest vaccination center in Huntington Place on CBS's Sunday news show Face the Nation. This drive-thru vaccine administration in the venue’s Atwater Garage began distributing 4700 doses a day to eligible Detroit residents and continued for a two-year run, closing in mid-February 2022.

The city's largest vaccination site administered cost-free vaccines and boosters to residents of Detroit and suburbs. Eligibility requirements were originally established according to patient medical risk and then the program opened to everyone. By calling a City of Detroit call-in hotline, vaccine recipients scheduled an appointment to drive through the site and receive the jab while sitting in their car. People driving the car who did not meet residential requirements were also allowed to be vaccinated during the same appointment.

Environmental air quality in the garage was monitored in real time by Al Vasquez, director of engineering and his team, for CO levels in the garage with 48 sensor readings that signaled the team to turn on the required sequence of 17 variable-speed exhaust fans. A twelve-foot by ten-foot video monitor with mapped locations of all CO sensors and exhaust fans in the engineering control room was watched by team members.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rating from acceptable CO levels in a garage is between 25-100 PPM. The Huntington Place engineering team adjusted in areas reading CO at 4-12 PPM to ensure healthy air quality in the vaccine distribution center. Warning texts were sent to all team members for immediate modification if necessary.

The environmental safety inherent in the vaccination site's design was one of the reasons that Huntington Place received the U. S. Green Buildings Council (USGBC) 2021 Community Safe Haven Award at the Michigan Energy Summit. The award recognized the venue for providing several essential community services in downtown Detroit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2019 Huntington Place was the first venue to achieve USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification under the new v4.1 O+M standard and is now the largest LEED certified facility in Michigan. Huntington Place received the 2020 USGBC Leadership Award for Building Performance and is the only convention center in the history of the award to do so.

About Huntington Place
With 723,000 square feet of exhibit space, Huntington Place, Detroit’s convention center, boasts one of the largest contiguous exhibit floor spaces in North America and has the largest ballroom in Michigan with 40,000 square feet. It is a LEED Gold certified venue and has received numerous industry awards for excellence including the 2020 USGBC Leadership Award for Building Performance, making it the only convention center in the history of the award to receive it. Visit online at www.huntingtonplacedetroit.com.

About ASM Global
ASM Global is the world's leading provider of innovative venue services and live experiences. The company's elite venue network spans five continents, with a portfolio of more than 325 of the world's most prestigious arenas, stadiums, convention exhibition centers, and performing arts venues. From Aberdeen to Anchorage, and Sydney to Stockholm, its venues connect people through the unique power of live experiences. ASM Global's diverse portfolio of clients benefit from the company's depth of resources and unparalleled experience, expertise and creative problem-solving. Each day, the company's 61,000 passionate employees around the world deliver locally tailored solutions and cutting-edge technologies to deliver maximum results for venue owners and amazing experiences for guests. By consistently looking for new ways to envision, innovate and empower the spaces and places that bring people together, ASM Global elevates the human spirit while delivering the highest value for all stakeholders. ASM Global was formed in 2019 through the merger of AEG Facilities, the venue management affiliate of Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc., and SMG, an Onex portfolio company. For more information, please visit www.asmglobal.com.

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