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

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Example Sentences

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convention center

Ugarte supports the $2.6-billion Convention Center expansion passed by the City Council last year, arguing that the nation’s second-biggest city should have at least the second-best convention center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

When Will and his mother finally entered the convention center, there was rain indoors, and lots of it.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

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