The project will almost double the size of the original museum. Credit: Verne Ho via Unsplash.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Ohio, US, has received approval from the Cleveland Planning Commission for a $100m expansion project.

This 50,000ft expansion project is expected to break ground later this year, following this design approval.

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The project plans to improve the experience for visitors by almost doubling the original size of the iconic pyramid-shaped museum, reported New York Post.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame CEO Greg Harris said: “We’re in our 28th year, we’ve had 14 million guests and we’ve had a $2bn economic impact to the region.

“One of the reasons for being here today is because we want to expand the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to better serve our community, to better grow our audiences, and to have a more positive effect on Cleveland.”

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The scope of the expansion project includes a new entry lobby and open space, along with an acoustically engineered and subdivided performance area, a classroom, and a 1,350-capacity event hall.

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Along with the neighbouring Great Lakes Science Center, the extension will contain a museum campus with a public green space for visitors.

Harris added: “As part of this project, we’re going to be investing a lot of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame resources into making the green space a far more user-friendly public park, for the whole community.

“It’s going to have a gentle 5% or less grade, so it’s ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] accessible from the lake up to the street, and it’s going to give the public a chance to really engage with the lakefront in a way they can’t do it at present.”