6-614: The Charlotte Convention Center is a convention center located in Charlotte, North Carolina . It opened in 1995 and attracts more than half a million visitors each year. It was designed by Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates . It has 280,000 square feet (26,000 m) of contiguous exhibit space. The Crown ballroom spans 40,000 square feet (3,700 m), and holds between 2,400 to 4,200 people. The Richardson ballroom spans 35,000 square feet (3,300 m), depending on setting can hold 1,748 to 3,500 people. Pre-function areas extend
12-519: A convention center. In Francophone countries, the term is palais des congrès (such as the Palais des Congrès de Paris ) or centre des congrès (such as the Centre des congrès de Quebec). The original convention centers or halls were in castles and palaces . Originally a hall in a castle would be designed to allow a large group of lords, knights and government officials to attend important meetings with
18-529: 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 halls . 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
24-720: The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority announced a $ 110-million expansion to the convention center. The expansion will increase the meeting space by 50,000 square feet and add a bridge for pedestrians linking the center to the Westin Hotel nearby. The project was expected to start construction in early 2019. The expansion was completed in October of 2021 Convention center A convention center ( American English ; or conference centre in British English )
30-490: The ballroom space by 15,000 square feet (1,400 m). There is also more than 70,000 square feet (7,000 m) of flexible meeting space in 50 rooms. The LYNX and the now defunct Charlotte Trolley lines pass straight through the center of the convention center. The convention center was recently expanded to include an additional ballroom since the NASCAR Hall of Fame is connected to the convention center. In April 2017,
36-589: The king. A more ancient tradition would have the king or lord decide disputes among his people. These administrative actions would be done in the great hall and would exhibit the wisdom of the king as judge to the general populace. One of the most famous convention center debacles happened in France on June 20, 1789. King Louis XVI locked a group known as the Third Estate out of the meeting hall in Versailles. This led to
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