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.
Examples of convention center in a Sentence
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Across from the hotel is the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès (Palace of Festivals and Conferences), the hosting convention center for the Cannes Film Festival.
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Martie Bowser, Essence, 16 May 2024
At the convention center, Levy will take on a 10-year contract to oversee catering and food and beverage sales for trade shows, corporate meetings and other events.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2024
They will be held at the Gas South District in Duluth, an area that includes an arena and a convention center.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 May 2024
The Albee arch was incorporated into the major redesign of the convention center in 1986.
—The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2024
These are all allegedly intended as aerodynamic aids, which seems counterintuitive in a vehicle with the drag coefficient of a convention center.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
What to Consider This small hotel is located near the convention center, but the area isn’t super walkable.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
After meeting the governor, Yellen spoke with U.S. business leaders at the American Chamber event and took questions from them in an auditorium of a marbled convention center in the Baiyun District of Guangzhou.
—Fatima Hussein, Fortune Asia, 5 Apr. 2024
San Diego voters in 2016 defeated a plan to raise hotel taxes for a new football stadium and to expand a convention center.
—David A. Lieb, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
Martie Bowser, Essence, 16 May 2024
At the convention center, Levy will take on a 10-year contract to oversee catering and food and beverage sales for trade shows, corporate meetings and other events.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2024
They will be held at the Gas South District in Duluth, an area that includes an arena and a convention center.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 May 2024
The Albee arch was incorporated into the major redesign of the convention center in 1986.
—The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2024
These are all allegedly intended as aerodynamic aids, which seems counterintuitive in a vehicle with the drag coefficient of a convention center.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2024
What to Consider This small hotel is located near the convention center, but the area isn’t super walkable.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2024
After meeting the governor, Yellen spoke with U.S. business leaders at the American Chamber event and took questions from them in an auditorium of a marbled convention center in the Baiyun District of Guangzhou.
—Fatima Hussein, Fortune Asia, 5 Apr. 2024
San Diego voters in 2016 defeated a plan to raise hotel taxes for a new football stadium and to expand a convention center.
—David A. Lieb, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Convention center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convention%20center. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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