The Connecticut Convention Center is a
convention center
A convention center (American and British English spelling differences, American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a Convention (meeting), convention, where individuals and groups ...
located in downtown
Hartford, Connecticut
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,
United States
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, overlooking the
Connecticut River
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.
History
The center opened on June 2 2005.
It was designed by
Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates and features more than of exhibition space, a
ballroom and of flexible meeting space. It is the largest convention facility between New York and Boston. The Connecticut Convention Center’s glass atrium rises ten stories above a grand public
plaza
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and a tree-lined riverfront
esplanade
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.
The Connecticut Convention Center has been home to
ConnectiCon
ConnectiCon is a multi-genre pop culture convention held annually in Hartford, Connecticut. Established in 2003 by Matthew Daigle and Briana Benn-Mirandi, it is Connecticut's longest running pop culture convention.
Initially a three-day event, ...
since 2005.
See also
*
List of convention centers in the United States
This is a list of convention centers in the United States by U.S. state, state or insular area.
By state Alabama
*Bald Rock Lodge (Cheaha State Park)
*Bessemer Civic Center
*Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
*Bryant Convention Cente ...
References
External links
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Convention centers in Connecticut
Tourist attractions in Hartford, Connecticut
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