convention center

American  

noun

convention centers plural

1. a large civic building or group of buildings designed for conventions, industrial shows, and the like, having large unobstructed exhibit areas and often including conference rooms, hotel accommodations, restaurants, and other facilities.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• convention centers
  plural

Example Sentences

That week, downtown Seattle was cordoned off because protestors had taken over the streets surrounding the convention center, and some activists had broken the windows of a Starbucks nearby.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Those in larger hotels downtown, near the McCormick Place convention center and some other areas, will pay the nation’s highest hotel tax at 19%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Instead, eventgoers roamed a largely empty convention center with bare concrete walls void of pink and glitter.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Demos, presentations and meetings will take place in a massive convention center as well as ballrooms and suites throughout the city.

From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026

Zane peered down over the edge of the basket, where the expansive glass walls of the New York City convention center gleamed in the sunshine.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff