SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – Questions are emerging about the future of South Bend\u2019s Century Center and the art museum inside it. <\/p>\n
City and tourism leaders are weighing whether to renovate, redevelop or move the convention center as the nearly 50-year-old building ages.<\/p>\n
Our reporting partners at the South Bend Tribune<\/a> report the South Bend Museum of Art could learn Thursday, Aug. 27, whether the city will begin a three-year lease expiration process.<\/p>\n The Century Center opened in 1977 and has not had a major renovation since. Local tourism leaders are considering options including renovation, redevelopment or moving convention operations elsewhere. The city says no final decision has been made.<\/p>\n Even if the process begins, South Bend Museum of Art Executive Director Lisa Shaffer said a full move out of its specifically designed space could take five to seven years.<\/p>\n Stay up to date on local news with WNDU<\/a> on-air and online. Be sure to download the 16 News Now App<\/a> and follow our YouTube<\/a> page as we continue to bring you the latest news coverage.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 WNDU. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – Questions are emerging about the future of South Bend\u2019s Century Center and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,349823,349827,349825,229,88,349826,349824,349828,34834],"class_list":["post-825674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-century-center","tag-century-center-renovation","tag-century-center-south-bend","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-south-bend-convention-center","tag-south-bend-museum-of-art","tag-south-bend-museum-of-art-lease","tag-wndu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}