Convention center
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A convention center (American English, conference centre outside the USA) is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees. Very large venues, suitable for major trade shows, are sometimes known as exhibition centres. Convention centers typically have at least one auditorium and may also contain concert halls, lecture halls, meeting rooms, and conference rooms. Some large resort area hotels include a convention center.
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Historic Centers
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19th Century Exhibition Halls
- 1850 Bingley Hall (destroyed by fire in 1984), Birmingham, England
- 1851 The Crystal Palace (destroyed by fire in 1936), London, England
- 1855 Palais de l'Industrie (dismantled in 1897), Paris, France
- 1873 Alexandra Palace, London, England
- 1876 Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, United States
- 1878 Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada
- 1879 Garden Palace (destroyed by fire in 1882), Sydney, Australia
- 1880 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia
- 1898 Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa, Canada
- 1898-1903 Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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20th Century Exhibition Halls
- 1900 Grand Palais, Paris, France
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