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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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 and
light rail lines. The most-recent addition to the facility was completed in 2002.
Together with
Reunion Arena, it was an emergency shelter for thousands of
Hurricane Katrina refugees in September of 2005.
About
The center is over in size and contains over of exhibit space. The largest contiguous exhibit-space in the structure is . A 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.
References
- Dallas Convention Center - History. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.
- Dallas Convention Center - Facility Overview. Retrieved on 29 August 2006.