UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center opens

UCLA celebrated the official grand opening this week of the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, built in the heart of campus to bring people together to share knowledge and address some of society’s most vexing problems.

The Luskin Conference Center, which has been open since August, provides new meeting space for members of the campus community to host academic summits and events. The center features 25,000 square feet of conference space, 254 guest rooms, a restaurant and underground parking to accommodate 125 vehicles.

“The UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is a place built expressly for leading experts in their respective fields to gather and create the future,” Chancellor Gene Block said. “The conference center will be an incubator for fresh thinking, deliberation and discovery that will lead to scientific and social progress. It will also serve as a gateway for first-time visitors to experience our campus and its vibrant community.”

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday evening.

“Meyer and Renee, we’re deeply grateful for your visionary leadership and your unwavering dedication to UCLA. You’ve been extraordinary friends of this institution,” Block said at the event. “Your leadership in philanthropy helped us fund this dazzling center and brought us to this day.”