IC3 Convention Center

The IC3 Convention Center was built as the IEC Pavilion, meant as the primary venue of the 2016 International Eucharistic Congress.

After the congress, the center has hosted many religious activities organized mainly by its owner, the Archdiocese of Cebu. On May 18, 2017, ALA Boxing Promotions announced that the center will host Pinoy Pride 41, a boxing event headlined by Thai boxer Komgrich Nantapech and Donnie Nietes.[12]

During the COVID-19 pandemic a 130-bed capacity quarantine facility for mild and moderate COVID-19 patients was set up in the convention center.[13]

“I was tempted to make flamboyant design especially for the international events like IEC to highlight creativity…I control flamboyance to come up with a design which is spiritual. It was really daunting for me to design or create a space that is grant but has to be humble at the same time,”[14]

— Carlos Pio Zafra, architect of the IEC Pavilion describing his experience on designing the pavilion.

The IC3 Convention Center was constructed by property developer, Duros Development Corporation which also financed the project for usufructuary rights for 25 years over the facility.[15] Among the people involved in the construction of the project is architect Carlos Pio Zafra and project-in-charge Engineer Adonis Gabutin.[15][7][16] Rizal Camangyan Jr. is also reported to be involved as a construction manager.[7]

During the groundbreaking ceremony of the IC3 Convention Center as the IEC Pavilion, IEC secretary Msgr. Dennis Villarojo explains that the structure is dubbed as a "Pavilion" because the venue would not be convention center with high-end amenities. He described the would-be structure as "simple" and would provide delegates of the congress in 2016 "a comfortable and decent venue". He insists that the IEC Pavilion would not be a high-end facility describing the then to be built venue as "a roofed structure with walls, floors and will be air-conditioned,[14]

Zafra, the architect of the IEC Pavilion said he was instructed that the design of the building is to be "simple". Camangyan noted that Cebu Auxiliary Bishop Dennis Villarojo called for "low maintenance building" specifying that there would be no finishes to be done on the floor so that it can be cleaned using a mop.[7] Likewise the walls and ceiling were bare and unadorned. The facility was also to be designed to be earthquake-resistant withstanding strong earthquakes such as the magnitude 7.2 Bohol-Cebu earthquake of 2013.[14]

As the IEC Pavilion, the venue had a plenary hall, a secretariat building, a chapel, a media center, and holding rooms for bishops and priests. The pavilion had three levels[14]

As the IC3 Convention Center, the venue has 10,000 seating capacity. The IC3 has three convention halls and a function room. Hall A has a capacity of 3,000 people, Hall B can accommodate 5,000 people, and Hall C can seat 2,000 people.[9]

The second level of the convention center which can be used for wedding events and medium-scale conferences can seat about 500 people.[1] The facility also hosts a holding room for performers and breakout rooms for small-scale gatherings. The grand hallway of the convention center is dubbed as the Ganghaan Walk where photos of the 2016 International Eucharistic Congress are exhibited.[17]

For the facility's parking space, there are 255 slots available.[17]