As envisioned, components of the new Hé Sapa Black Hills Center for Northern Plains Indian Arts and Performance will include:

• A Performance Amphitheatre and Powwow Grounds with seating capacity for 4,000 people, featuring large, stylized tipi tent structures, a multi-purpose lawn area and amphitheatre-style seating.

• Heroic-sized bronze sculptures that welcome visitors to the venue and give them a sense of arrival.

• A spacious Artist Plaza featuring ample room for the display and sale of Native products and tour services.

• A Living History Encampment boasting teaching areas, demonstration gardens, tipis, and a dry creek bed.

• Concessions and food vending areas operated in partnership with the Intertribal Bison Cooperative (ITBC).

• Wireless technologies throughout the site and touch-screen kiosks, allowing visitors to explore tribal tourism destinations in the region, programs, other Native attractions, available services, and routes using Native American Scenic Byways.

• Ample parking and facilities for visitors and staff.

In addition, ATTA currently is exploring partnerships with other Rapid City-based non-profits and institutions of higher education to provide a 100-acre venue capable of accommodating a large-scale summer powwow and Native Art Market event equal in scale to the Denver March Powwow and Albuquerque Gathering of Nations, as well as effective marketing strategies and execution that will attract thousands of European and Asian visitors to Rapid City’s Hé Sapa Black Hills Center for Northern Plains Indian Arts and Performance.