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. Generally, convention means coming together. ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake Public also refers to the general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ...

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. A trade fair (or trade show) is an exhibition organised so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their new products and services. ... Ballroom dance is a style of partner dance which originated in the western world and is now enjoyed both socially and competitively around the globe. ... A concert comprises a performance, usually involving some degree of formality, and particularly a performance featuring music. ... McCormick Place is an enormous exposition complex located in Chicago, Illinois. ...

List of convention centers

Canada

• Metro Toronto Convention Centre
• Ottawa Congress Centre

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United States

• Austin Convention Center
• Baltimore Convention Center
• McCormick Place, Chicago
• 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

A 2004 picture of the Baltimore Convention Center The Baltimore Convention Center is located on 1 West Pratt Street near the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore City. ... McCormick Place is an enormous exposition complex located in Chicago, Illinois. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... The D.C. Convention Center is a new, 2. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... The George R. Brown Convention Center was opened on September 26, 1987 on the east side of downtown Houston. ... Houston redirects here. ... The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta, run by the state of Georgia. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Hawaii Convention Center logo The Hawaii Convention Center, located at 1801 Kalakaua Avenue in Honolulu, Hawaii on the Hawaiian island of Oahu in Waikiki, is the flagship civic exhibition center in the State of Hawaii. ... Location of Honolulu, Hawai‘i Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawai‘i. ... The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, commonly known as the Javits Center, is a large convention center in New York City. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in Los Angeles. ... This article is about the city in California. ... View of the center from West Harbor Drive The San Diego Convention Center is the convention center for the city of San Diego, California. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ...

See also

• concert hall
• stadium
• venue