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This is a list of convention centers named after people. It details the name of the convention center
Convention center

A convention center, in American English, is an exhibition hall, or conference center, that is designed to hold a Convention . In British English very large venues suitable for major trade shows are known as exhibition centres while the term "convention centre" is sometimes used for intermediate venues between exhibitions centres and...
, its location and eponym
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An eponym is a person, whether real or fictitious, after whom a particular toponym, ethnonym, regnal year, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named....
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This is a list of convention centers named after people. It details the name of the convention center
Convention center

A convention center, in American English, is an exhibition hall, or conference center, that is designed to hold a Convention . In British English very large venues suitable for major trade shows are known as exhibition centres while the term "convention centre" is sometimes used for intermediate venues between exhibitions centres and...
, its location and eponym
Eponym

An eponym is a person, whether real or fictitious, after whom a particular toponym, ethnonym, regnal year, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named....
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  • Anthony Wayne Convention Hall, Fort Wayne
    Fort Wayne, Indiana

    Fort Wayne is a city in northeastern Indiana, United States and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana. As of July 1, 2008, the city had an estimated population of 251,247, making it the List of United States cities by population Fort Wayne is Indiana's second largest city after Indianapolis, Indiana....
    , Indiana
    Indiana

    The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for Anthony Wayne
    Anthony Wayne

    Anthony Wayne was a United States Army general and statesman. Wayne adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him a promotion to the rank of Brigadier general and the sobriquet of "Mad Anthony"....
  • Bartle Hall Convention Center
    Bartle Hall Convention Center

    Bartle Hall Convention Center is a major exposition hall in Downtown Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri, Missouri, United States. It is named for Harold Roe Bartle, a prominent, two-term mayor of Kansas City in the 1950s and early 1960s....
    , Kansas City
    Kansas City, Missouri

    Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson County, Missouri, Clay County, Missouri, Cass County, Missouri, and Platte County, Missouri counties....
    , Missouri
    Missouri

    Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for Harold Roe Bartle
    Harold Roe Bartle

    Harold Roe Bennett Sturdevant Bartle was a lawyer, banker, cattleman, politician, Academic administration and renowned public speaker. He served two terms as the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri....
  • Cobo Hall
    Cobo Hall

    Cobo Hall, officially Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center, is a convention center situated in downtown Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, United States....
    , Detroit, Michigan
    Michigan

    Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for Albert E. Cobo (former Detroit mayor)
  • David L. Lawrence Convention Center
    David L. Lawrence Convention Center

    The David L. Lawrence Convention Center is a convention, conference and exhibition building in Downtown Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S....
    , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania

    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for David L. Lawrence
    David L. Lawrence

    David Leo Lawrence was an United States politician who served as the United States Democratic Party Governor of Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1963....
  • DeVos Place Convention Center
    DeVos Place Convention Center

    DeVos Place Convention Center, erected in 2003 on the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, Michigan, USA, is a multi-purpose convention center....
    , Grand Rapids
    Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 197,800. It is the county seat of Kent County, Michigan, Michigan....
    , Michigan
    Michigan

    Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for Richard DeVos
    Richard DeVos

    Richard DeVos, Sr., is a billionaire co-founder of Amway . In 2006, Forbes magazine listed him as the 73rd wealthiest person in the United States with an estimate net worth of USD$ 3.5 billion....
  • Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
    Donald E. Stephens Convention Center

    The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center is a convention center for Rosemont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Built in 1975, the center has exhibition space of ....
    , Rosemont
    Rosemont, Illinois

    Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States that is also a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, Illinois. Its town's government was founded in 1956, though it had been settled a long before that....
    , Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for Donald E. Stephens (former Rosemont mayor)
  • Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
    Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

    The New Orleans Morial Convention Center is convention center in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The lower end of building one is located upriver from Canal Street, New Orleans on the banks of the Mississippi River....
    , New Orleans, Louisiana
    Louisiana

    The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for Ernest N. Morial
  • George R. Brown Convention Center
    George R. Brown Convention Center

    The George R. Brown Convention Center opened on September 26, 1987 on the east side of Downtown Houston Houston, Texas, United States.The center was named for the prominent Houstonian George R....
    , Houston, Texas
    Texas

    Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for George R. Brown (entrepreneur)
  • Hynes Convention Center
    Hynes Convention Center

    The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston's Back Bay has of exhibit space and can accommodate up to four concurrent events....
    , Boston, Massachusetts
    Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for John Hynes
    John Hynes

    John B. Hynes , a Massachusetts politician, was mayor of Boston 1950-1960.John Hynes was a graduate of Suffolk University Law School. He was city clerk of Boston under James Michael Curley during Curley's 1946 - 1950 term....
  • Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
    Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

    Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a large convention center located on Eleventh Avenue , on the West side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by architects I....
    , New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for Jacob K. Javits
    Jacob K. Javits

    Jacob Koppel "Jack" Javits was an American politician who served as United States Senate from New York from 1957 to 1981. A moderate Republican Party , he was originally allied with Governor Nelson A....
  • Jinnah Convention CenterIslamabad
    Islamabad

    Islamabad is the Capital of Pakistan, and is the tenth largest city in Pakistan. The Rawalpindi/Islamabad List of most populous metropolitan areas in Pakistan is the third largest in Pakistan with a population of over 4.5 million inhabitants, 1.5 million in Islamabad and three million in Rawalpindi....
    , Pakistan
    Pakistan

    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
    , named for Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
    Muhammad Ali Jinnah

    Muhammad Ali Jinnah Urdu language: }} , a 20th century politician and statesman, is generally regarded as the father of the state of Pakistan. He served as leader of the Muslim League and served as Pakistan's first Governor-General of Pakistan....
  • King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center
    King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center

    The King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center is a convention center and meeting venue in Jordan, named for Hussein of Jordan, List of kings of Jordan from 1952 to 1999....
    , east coast of the Dead Sea
    Dead Sea

    For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east....
     in Jordan
    Jordan

    Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
    . Named for Hussein I
    Hussein of Jordan

    Hussein bin Talal was the List of Kings of Jordan of Jordan from the abdication of his father, Talal of Jordan, in 1952, until his death. Hussein guided his country in the context of the Cold War, and through four decades of Arab-Israeli conflict, balancing the pressures of Arab nationalism, the burdens of sheltering a large Palestinian peo...
    , former King of Jordan
    List of kings of Jordan

    The Jordanian monarchy was set up in 1921, with help from the United Kingdom. The sons of Sherif Hussein ibn Ali, were set up as kings of Iraq and Jordan....
  • McCormick Place
    McCormick Place

    File:McCormick Place Chicago logo.svgMcCormick Place is a convention center made up of four interconnected buildings sited on or near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 4 km south of downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA....
    , Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
    , Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for Robert R. McCormick
    Robert R. McCormick

    Robert Rutherford McCormick was a Chicago newspaper baron and owner of the Chicago Tribune. A leading United States non-interventionism, opponent of United States entry into World War II and of the increase in Federal power brought about by the New Deal, he continued to champion a traditionalist course long after his positions had been e...
  • Michael Fowler Centre
    Michael Fowler Centre

    The Michael Fowler Centre is a concert hall and convention centre in Wellington, New Zealand. It was constructed on land reclamation next to Civic Square, Wellington, and is the pre-eminent concert site in central Wellington....
    , Wellington, New Zealand
    New Zealand

    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
    , named for Sir Michael Fowler (former Wellington mayor)
  • Moscone Center
    Moscone Center

    The Moscone Center is the largest convention and exhibition complex in San Francisco, California. It comprises three main halls: Two underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, known as Moscone North and Moscone South, and a three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street....
    , San Francisco, California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for George Moscone
    George Moscone

    George Richard Moscone was an United States Lawyer and Democratic Party politicsian. He was the List of Mayors of San Francisco, California of San Francisco, California, California, United States from January 1976 until his Moscone-Milk assassinations in November 1978....
  • Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center
    Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center

    The Jacksonville Terminal Company owned Union Station in Jacksonville, Florida and the trackage surrounding it. It was partly owned by each railroad feeding into it....
    , Jacksonville
    Jacksonville, Florida

    Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Duval County, Florida. Since 1968, as a result of the Consolidated city-county of the city and county government , Jacksonville has been the List of United States cities by area city in land area in the continental United States....
    , Florida
    Florida

    Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for Prime F. Osborn III (former CSX chairman)
  • Queen Sirikit National Convention Center
    Queen Sirikit National Convention Center

    The Queen Sirikit National Convention Center is a convention center in Bangkok, Thailand....
    , Bangkok
    Bangkok

    The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
    , Thailand
    Thailand

    The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
    , named for Sirikit
    Sirikit

    Queen Sirikit of Thailand , is the wife as well as the Queen consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand. She is the second Queen Regent of Thailand ....
  • Walter E. Washington Convention Center
    Washington Convention Center

    The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3 million square foot building located in Washington, D.C. The center was designed by Atlanta, Georgia-based architecture firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates....
    , Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
    , named for former mayor Walter E. Washington
  • William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
    William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center

    The William A. Egan Center, constructed in 1984 is named for Alaska's first governor William Allen Egan. The Egan Center is located in the heart of downtown Anchorage, Alaska on 5th Avenue between E street and F street....
    , Anchorage
    Anchorage, Alaska

    Anchorage is a consolidated city-Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. With an estimated 279,671 municipal residents in 2007 , it is Alaska's largest city and constitutes more than 40 percent of the state's total population....
    , Alaska
    Alaska

    Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , named for William Allen Egan
    William Allen Egan

    William Allen Egan was an United States Democratic Party politician. He served as the first List of Governors of Alaska of the State of Alaska from January 3, 1959 to 1966, and was elected to a second term from 1970 to 1974....


See also

  • List of eponyms
    List of eponyms

    An eponym is a person from whom something is said to take its name. The word is back-formed from "eponymous", from the Greek "eponymos" meaning "giving name"....
  • List of places named after people
    List of places named after people

    There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponomy. For other lists of eponyms see eponym....