The Oncenter is a three-building convention and entertainment complex in Downtown

Downtown Syracuse

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 Syracuse

Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...

, New York

New York

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, USA. It is composed of a convention center, sporting arena, and theaters.

Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center at Oncenter

The Convention Center at Oncenter, which opened in 1992, consists of 99,000 square feet (9,200 square meters) of rentable space. It is attached to a 1,000-car parking garage. The Convention Center was named after outgoing 20-year county executive

County executive

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 Nicholas J. Pirro

Nicholas J. Pirro

Nicholas J. Pirro, Jr. is a New York politician most notable for having served as county executive of Onondaga County, New York....

 on 8 December 2007.

War Memorial at Oncenter

The War Memorial at Oncenter is a 6,230-seat multi-purpose arena that has been home to Syracuse's former NBA team, the Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals

The Syracuse Nationals were an American professional basketball team that existed from 1946 to 1963 as part of the National Basketball League and National Basketball Association . They are currently known as the Philadelphia 76ers, and are the NBA's oldest continued franchise.The team began in...

, as well as several minor-league hockey, football, and lacrosse teams. Since 1994, it has been home to the Syracuse Crunch

Syracuse Crunch

The Syracuse Crunch are a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Syracuse, New York, at the War Memorial at Oncenter...

 of the American Hockey League

American Hockey League

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.

John H. Mulroy Civic Center Theaters at Oncenter

The John H. Mulroy

John H. Mulroy

John Howard Mulroy was a 20th century politician most notable for having served as the first county executive of Onondaga County, New York....

 Civic Center at Oncenter is home to the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra

The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra was a 79 member orchestra located in Syracuse, NY. In its time it was the 43rd largest orchestra in the United States and performed a variety of programs including the Post-Standard Classics Series and M&T Bank Pops Series....

 and the Syracuse Opera Company. The Crouse-Hinds Theater, the main theater of the center, contains the largest stage in Upstate New York

Upstate New York

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 and seats 2,117, on three tiers.

The other two theaters are the Carrier Theater, with 463 seats, and the Bevard Studio, with 162 seats.

Westin at Oncenter

Set to be completed in 2009, the Westin at Oncenter is a planned 350-room hotel. A hotel had originally been planned when the convention center was being planned in the late 1980s. The Hotel Syracuse, also adjacent to the complex, served as the buildings' main hotel since their respective completions, but its state worsened throughout the 1990s, entering a second bankruptcy in 2001, and closing in 2004. Fear that this was hurting convention center business rekindled plans for a convention center hotel. The Hotel Syracuse is under development to become a mixed-use complex with 155 hotel rooms, 100 apartments, and 70 condominiums.

External links

• Oncenter