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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Found free street parking and walked to the convention center. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2025 The new hotel tax rate will vary, depending on how close hotels are to the downtown convention center. — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 Both public transport and taxis will take 20 to 25 minutes from the hotel to the convention center. — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025 The last BlizzCon was hosted at the same convention center Nov. 3-4, 2023, just after the close of Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025 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 27 Mar. 2025.

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