Business View Magazine l October 2022

141 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 10 ALBANY CAP I TAL CENTER of an air purification system, which is attached to all air ducts and filters throughout the building. She notes, “That basically means that the contaminated particles in the air are now filtered through an extra fine filtration system. In the age of COVID, and coming out of COVID, that is an amazing investment that the Authority has done and I believe we are the only event center in the area that has done so.” Another innovative expenditure was the purchase of a Mamava Pod, a portable room that can be moved throughout the building for various events. Licygiewicz explains, “One of the top requests that we were asked for time and amenities that the building offers.” Mentioning that the facility is equipped with digital signage, and has one gigabit of internet throughout, Licygiewicz adds, “That is a very attractive bit of info for our e-sport gamer conventions.” Owned by the State of New York, the ACC is under the supervision of the Albany Capital Center Authority (ACCA), who have hired ASM Global to oversee the management of the facility. Noting that the Authority have invested heavily in the success of the center, Licygiewicz describes the recent installation