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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The main reason for the tax was to raise revenue to expand the waterfront convention center. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025 Several of the tunnel entrances are accessible via convention center parking lots. Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025 The convention center has been the top killer of birds in downtown Dallas among the 129 buildings that volunteers have monitored in the last few years, says Mei Ling Liu, community conservation director with the Texas Conservation Alliance. NPR, 17 Oct. 2025 Eager for yet another stream of revenue, Scrooge McDuck builds a convention center and unwittingly allows a group of real-life monsters to host an event there. Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 17 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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