convention center
noun
: a building or set of buildings designed to hold many people and used for meetings
The conference was held at the new convention center.
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At ground level, plans include a convention center, event spaces, restaurants, wellbeing facilities, and a smaller boutique hotel.
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New Atlas, 18 Feb. 2026
Sixty-six volleyball courts laid out on the second floor of the convention center had simultaneous matches constantly rotating as four extra courts were at a different part of the convention center across the street.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2026
TenHaken also suggested that the Sanford District could affect existing plans for The Riverline District, a 9-acre, mixed-use development project near 10th Street and Cliff Avenue that had proposed a new convention center and hotel.
—Vanessa Carlson Bender, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 16 Feb. 2026
The result was one of many name changes for Cincinnati’s Downtown convention center.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Feb. 2026
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New Atlas, 18 Feb. 2026
Sixty-six volleyball courts laid out on the second floor of the convention center had simultaneous matches constantly rotating as four extra courts were at a different part of the convention center across the street.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2026
TenHaken also suggested that the Sanford District could affect existing plans for The Riverline District, a 9-acre, mixed-use development project near 10th Street and Cliff Avenue that had proposed a new convention center and hotel.
—Vanessa Carlson Bender, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 16 Feb. 2026
The result was one of many name changes for Cincinnati’s Downtown convention center.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Feb. 2026
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“Convention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convention%20center. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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