civic center
noun
1
US
: a large public building for sports events, concerts, etc.
2
British
: a section of a city or town where the public buildings are
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The other lakefront proposal was received from Ramon Gomez, CEO of Azure Hotel Holdings Inc. for the civic center property.
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Laura Kinsler, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
There was another location called La Bonita in Santa Monica where multiple other businesses around it and that area was burned and turned into the city civic center.
—Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
On weekdays, the lunch and happy hour crowds tend to be city and county workers from the nearby civic center.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
The city purchased the property years ago as the possible location for a new civic center that is yet to be built.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Laura Kinsler, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025
There was another location called La Bonita in Santa Monica where multiple other businesses around it and that area was burned and turned into the city civic center.
—Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
On weekdays, the lunch and happy hour crowds tend to be city and county workers from the nearby civic center.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
The city purchased the property years ago as the possible location for a new civic center that is yet to be built.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Civic center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civic%20center. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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