Topping out ceremonies are held when the structural frame of a building is completed and it’s as tall as it’s going to get. The city of Baltimore is constructing the 20 story, 757-room Hilton at 401 West Pratt Street, just north of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, to support the Baltimore Convention Center. Designed by RTKL Associates, the project is expected to open in the fall of 2008.

Others expected to gather for the event include City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore Development Corp. president M. Jay Brodie, members of the Baltimore Hilton Hotel Corp. Board, executives from Hilton Hotels Corporation, representatives from Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Doracon Contracting Inc., Banks Construction Company and members of Baltimore’s tourism industry and business community.