Dallas Convention Center
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The Dallas Convention Center, originally the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, is a meeting hall, event/convention center and civic center in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA).
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[edit] History
The Dallas Memorial Auditorium was originally constructed in 1957 near the intersection of Canton and Akard Streets. In the 1970s, the center was expanded and renamed the Dallas Convention Center. The center was expanded again in 1984 and once more in 1994,[1] when Dallas Area Rapid Transit constructed the Convention Center Station underneath the west-wing of the facility, connecting it to the Red and Blue light rail lines. The most-recent addition to the facility was completed in 2002.[1] Together with Reunion Arena, it was an emergency shelter for thousands of Hurricane Katrina refugees in September of 2005.
[edit] About
The center is over 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m²) in size and contains over 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m²) of exhibit space. The largest contiguous exhibit-space in the structure is 726,726 square feet (67,515 m²). A 203,000-square-foot (18,900 m²) column-free exhibit hall in the center is the largest of its kind in the United States.[2]
The east side of the structure contains the original element of the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, a 9,816-seat arena. The complex also houses a 1,740-person theater, 105 meeting rooms, and 2 gigantic ballrooms. In terms of accessibility, the world's largest heliport/vertiport sits atop the structure and 75 truck berths line its docks. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Dallas Convention Center - History. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.
- ^ a b Dallas Convention Center - Facility Overview. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.
