KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC) is currently planning a 15-year development project which aims to relocate and construct a new administrative building, build a new warehouse, and create a new experience labeled the "Next Big Thing."

What You Need To Know

  • Kennedy Space Center plans to construct a new 50,000-square-foot administrative building

  • The next big thing will offer an interactive environment of NASA’s past and future

According to the proposal, KSCVC plans to construct a new 50,000-square-foot administrative building to accommodate the growth of the park and staff needs.

This new building will be nearly twice the size of the current administrative building and will include offices, break rooms, utilities, and storage areas.

It will be relocated to the current site of Parking Lot 2, a surface lot used for parking. Construction of the new administrative building is anticipated to begin in the summer of 2024 and is expected to be completed within 12 months.

KSCVC also seeks to attract additional visitors with the “Next Big Thing” (NBT) experience, where park goers can enjoy an “enhanced interactive environment of NASA’s past and future.”

While not much was revealed, this attraction will be constructed with a height not exceeding nine stories and will be located adjacent to the current Shuttle Atlantis building. Construction is planned to begin after the existing administrative building is demolished in early 2026 and will last for 24 months.

The proposal also outlines future plans for the next five to 15 years, including:

  • A new educational facility to be constructed in the next five years

  • A new launch viewing area, parking lots, and regional stormwater treatment within the next six to 10 years

  • New attractions to be located in Parking Lots 3 and 4

  • A hotel or conference center to be built within the next 11 to 15 years

“We are in the process of filing all the necessary paperwork and documents to prepare for some additions. As a leading destination attraction, we are always looking for ways to enhance the guest experience at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. We look forward to sharing details about this exciting news in the future,” Howard M. Schwartz, the Kennedy Space Center’s vice president of guest engagement and operations, said.

These expansions come at a time when Delaware North, the managing operator of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, recently opened its latest attraction, Gateway: Deep Space Launch Complex.

This attraction focuses on the present and future of space exploration, allowing visitors to view modern spacecraft, artifacts, and experience space travel in a 4D motion theater.