The Washington Convention Center is a new, 2.3 million square feet (210,000 m²) convention center located in Washington, D.C. that opened in 2003. The Washington Convention Center Authority (WCCA) Board of Directors recently agreed to expand the newly built convention center by 75,000 square feet (7,000 m²) and build and own a hotel with between 1,220 and 1,500 rooms and an additional 100,000 SF of convention and ballroom space. Reports on the expansion and the headquarters hotel has been made public and can be found here: Convention Center Expansion/Headquarters Hotel Development Reports (Adobe Acrobat required to view files.) 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Washington Convention Center statistics
2.3 million ft² (210,000 m²) facility that spans over 6 city blocks
Largest building in D.C.
52,000 ft² (4,800 m²) ballroom, one of the largest ballrooms on the east coast and the largest for D.C.
125,000 ft² (11,600 m²) of meeting space that's contained in 66 total meeting rooms.
65 loading docks
Metro station nearby.
Retail outlets
31 elevators
38 escalators
68 public restrooms.
Nearby gay leather bar
(Source: Facts about the Washington Convention Center)
Feeds |
Contact