A convention center is 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. Larger Convention centers located in resort areas also host conventions that attract additional visitors to the municipality.

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.

List of convention centers

Canada

• Metro Toronto Convention Centre
• Ottawa Congress Centre

United States

• Austin Convention Center
• Baltimore Convention Center
• Chicago McCormick Convention Center
• D.C. Convention Center (Washington, D.C.)
• George R. Brown Convention Center (Houston)
• Georgia World Congress Center (Atlanta)
• Hawai'i Convention Center (Honolulu)
• Jacob Javits Convention Center (New York, New York)
• Los Angeles Convention Center
• Minneapolis Convention Center
• Moscone Center (San Francisco)
• Nashville Convention Center
• Orlando Convention Center
• Phoenix Civic Plaza
• San Antonio Convention Center
• San Diego Convention Center
• Washington State Convention and Trade Center (Seattle)
• Worcester DCU Center

See also

• concert hall
• stadium
• venue