The Santa Clara Convention Center is located in northern Santa Clara, California . It serves as one of the large meeting and convention facilities in Silicon Valley , with 262,000 square feet (24,300 m) of meeting space. It was built in 1986 and expanded in 2009.
7-645: The convention center is located in the same complex as the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and the Santa Clara TechMart conference center. It is adjacent to the VTA Great America light rail station and across the street from the Great America theme park . The convention center was completed in 1986 and hosted the first Apple Worldwide Developers Conference the following year. The ballroom space
14-454: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Great America station Great America station (officially Great America/Levi's Stadium station ) is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). Great America is served by the Orange and Green light rail lines. Great America is named for the nearby California's Great America theme park and
21-586: Is the closest station to Levi's Stadium , home of the San Francisco 49ers . From the station platforms, the entrance to Levi's Stadium is a 1 ⁄ 5 mile (0.32 km) walk and the entrance to the Great America theme park is a 2 ⁄ 5 mile (0.64 km) walk. Improvements were made to the station ahead of the July 2014 opening of Levi's Stadium, including adding an “event only” side platform south of
28-466: The eastbound track. During normal operations, this platform is not used and gates prevent access. After the end of a game, the platform is opened and used for eastbound and southbound departures, while the normal island platform is used only for westbound departures. During very busy events, the new platform has multiple gates, and customers are asked to queue in different lines based on their destination to facilitate rapid loading of trains. A pocket track
35-634: The walk between the stations is about 3 ⁄ 5 mile (0.97 km). VTA advises passengers to use Lick Mill station, which is only 1 ⁄ 5 mile (0.32 km) away from the ACE/Capitol Corridor station. The station is located in the median of Tasman Drive between the Santa Clara Convention Center and California's Great America . It is also across the street from the San Francisco 49ers home, Levi's Stadium . This tram-, streetcar-, or light rail-related article
42-531: Was also added between the Reamwood and Old Ironsides stations, enabling the storage of three, 3-car trains to mobilize trains quickly after the end of an event at Levi's Stadium. Despite the similar names, this station is not the recommended transfer point for the Santa Clara–Great America station used by Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) commuter rail and Capitol Corridor inter-city rail trains as
49-681: Was expanded in 2009. During the COVID-19 pandemic , the Strategic National Stockpile Division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services converted the convention center into a Federal Medical Station to receive up to 250 noncritical patients from local hospitals. The current annual event schedule includes: The convention center has hosted the following notable events: This Santa Clara County, California building and structure-related article
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