Convention center

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View of the west portion of the San Diego Convention Center from West Harbor Drive. The San Diego Convention Center is one of the largest in North America and is home to Comic-Con International.
View of the west portion of the San Diego Convention Center from West Harbor Drive. The San Diego Convention Center is one of the largest in North America and is home to Comic-Con International.
Exhibition Hall of the Makaryev Fair.
Exhibition Hall of the Makaryev Fair.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, late 2004.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, late 2004.
Inside Vietnam National Convention Center, Hanoi
Inside Vietnam National Convention Center, Hanoi
Siglo XXI Convention Centre in Mérida, Mexico
Siglo XXI Convention Centre in Mérida, Mexico
The back entrance of the PBH convention center, the Netherlands.
The back entrance of the PBH convention center, the Netherlands.
Conference centre redirects here. For the conference facility in Salt Lake City, Utah that is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, see Conference Center.

A convention center, in American English, is an exhibition hall, or conference center, that holds conventions. A large, cavernous public building with enough open space to host public and private business and social events for the surrounding municipal and metropolitan areas.

In British English very large venues suitable for major trade shows are known as exhibition centres while the term "convention centre" is sometimes used for intermediate venues between exhibitions centres and "conference centres", which are much smaller and contain lecture halls and meeting rooms.

Convention centers typically offer enough floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees. Convention centers rent space for meetings such as: corporate conferences, industry trade shows, formal dances entertainment spectacles and concerts. The largest in the United States is McCormick Place in Chicago. Large convention centers located in resort areas also host conventions that attract additional visitors to the municipality. It is not uncommon for large resort area hotels to include a convention center.

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[edit] List of convention and exhibition centers

Vietnam National Convention Center in Western Hanoi
Vietnam National Convention Center in Western Hanoi
The Puerto Rico Convention Center (PRCC), in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Convention Center (PRCC), in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Korea's COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
Korea's COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
Korea's COEX Convention & Exhibition Center
Korea's COEX Convention & Exhibition Center

[edit] Australia

[edit] Barbados

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Canada

[edit] China

[edit] Colombia

  • Centro de Convenções de Cartagena de Indias

[edit] Finland

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

[edit] Hong Kong

[edit] India

  • Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai (India's largest private sector exhibition centre)
  • Pragati Maidan, New Delhi (a semi-outdoor venue)
  • Chennai Trade Center, Chennai India's second largest exhibition centre
  • Hyderabad International Convention Center(HICC) and the HITEX Exhibition Center, HITEC City, Hyderabad

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Israel

[edit] Japan

[edit] Korea

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Mexico

[edit] Monaco

  • Grimaldi Forum Monaco

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Panama

  • Convention Complex Atlapa
  • Figali Convention Center
  • Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Convention Center
  • Courtyard Convention Center
  • Flamenco Convention Center

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Puerto Rico

[edit] Russia

[edit] Singapore

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Sweden

[edit] Thailand

[edit] United States

[edit] Alabama

[edit] Arizona

[edit] California

[edit] Colorado

[edit] Connecticut

[edit] District of Columbia

[edit] Florida

[edit] Georgia

[edit] Hawai'i

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Indiana

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Maryland

[edit] Massachusetts

[edit] Michigan

[edit] Minnesota

[edit] Missouri

[edit] Nevada

[edit] New York

[edit] North Carolina

[edit] Ohio

[edit] Oklahoma

[edit] Oregon

[edit] Pennsylvania

[edit] South Carolina

  • Greenville Convention Center
  • Palmetto Expo Center (Greenville)

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Texas

[edit] Utah

[edit] Washington

[edit] Wisconsin

Top 5 Largest Convention Centers by Exhibition Space

[edit] United Kingdom

Birmingham

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Harrogate

London

Manchester

Newcastle

Cardiff

  • Cardiff Millennium Hall

[edit] Vietnam

[edit] See also