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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Those hotel stays could have an indirect benefit on the Fort Worth convention center, which is relying in part on hotel occupancy taxes to fund the $700 million renovation. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026 San Jose, of course, is hampered by a lack of five-star hotel rooms and a convention center dwarfed by San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026 But neither the convention center nor the multimodal station provides much architectural interest and need to be redeveloped. Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026 Florida resident Samantha Mingola has been using the Vegas Loop while attending an expo at the convention center. Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for convention center

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“Convention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convention%20center. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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