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BRAND NEW The addition to Kansas City's Destination Crown Center complex, the new 54,000-square-foot Crown Center Exhibit Hall, is on schedule. The expansion, which will include a 30,400-square-foot hall, a 15,200-square-foot hall, and 5,700 square feet of pre-function space, will debut in January 2000. The new facility will be accessible from both the Westin Crown Center and the Hyatt Regency Crown Center.