Flames and smoke filled the Raleigh skyline Monday night around 9:30 after a fire broke out on the roof.
On Tuesday, the ABC11 I-Team learned investigators believe the fire started in an HVAC unit on the roof of the building.
Raleigh Convention Center Executive Director Kerry Painter announced the month of cancelled events in a statement on Wednesday.
"We have cleared all of December and are pausing beyond that to see progress and assessments. We need to wait for all the inspections before we can make any decisions. No timetable on that yet," she said. "Today, we had a team working on the roof to try and create a temporary covering to seal the venue before we get more rain. Also, we had a crew working to turn the boiler back on."
Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell says convention center staff are working with event organizers to potentially relocate the events.
"Convention center staff is working with all the folks that had events there to find McKimmon Center or Dorton Arena, or other places that can accommodate large events," said Cowell.
As events at the convention center are paused, the clean-up effort is ramping up.
"I'm starting to get calls from restoration experts trying to think about what's the path to getting this building back online," said Cowell.
The first step is to seal holes in the roof.
"It rained all day yesterday. So when the firefighters had to do some cutouts to fight the fire, we then had rain infiltrate into the top floor of the convention center. And also, some sprinklers set off," she said.
City officials say representatives from their insurance company - Zurich Insurance - have been on scene, but there's no word yet as to when the city could see the funds needed to repair the roughly $2 million in damage.
"We obviously have insurance on major things, and so we'll have to assess the damage, figure out what went wrong, is this covered by insurance, and go through that process," said Cowell.
There were reports earlier today of what looked like smoke that was coming from the roof of the convention center, sparking concerns among many.
City officials say it was actually steam coming from the boiler getting worked on.