United States Capitol Visitor Center

The United States Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) is a large underground addition to the United States Capitol complex which serves as a gathering point for up to 4,000 tourists and an expansion space for the US Congress.It is located below the East Front of the Capitol and its plaza, between the Capitol building and 1st Street East.The complex contains 580,000 square feet (54,000 m2) of space below ground on three floors. The overall project budget was doller621 million.