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List of convention centers named after people

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This is a list of convention centers named after people. It details the name of the convention center, its location and eponym.

List

  • Aiwan-e-Iqbal, Lahore, Pakistan, named for Muhammad Iqbal
  • Anthony Wayne Ballroom at the Grand Wayne Convention Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, named for Anthony Wayne (American Revolutionary War general)
  • Auditoria Benito Juarez, Los Mochis, Mexico, named for Benito Juárez (former president of Mexico)
  • Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka, named for Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
  • Bartle Hall Convention Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States, named for Harold Roe Bartle
  • Calvin L. Rampton (Salt Palace) Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, named for Cal Rampton (former Utah governor)
  • Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, United States, named for Albert Cobo (former Detroit mayor)
  • David Eccles Conference Center, Ogden, Utah, United States, named for David Eccles (businessman)
  • David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, named for David L. Lawrence
  • DeVos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, named for Richard DeVos
  • Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois, United States, named for Donald E. Stephens (former Rosemont mayor)
  • Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, named for Ernest N. Morial
  • George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, United States, named for George R. Brown (entrepreneur)
  • Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, named for John Hynes
  • Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City, United States, named for Jacob K. Javits
  • James H. Rainwater Convention Center, Valdosta, Georgia, United States, named for James H. Rainwater (former Valdosta mayor)
  • Jinnah Convention Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan, named for Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
  • Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Named after Julius Nyerere
  • Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya. Named after Jomo Kenyatta.
  • King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center, east coast of the Dead Sea in Jordan. Named for Hussein I, former King of Jordan
  • Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference and Cultural Centre, Two Mile Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados, named after Lloyd Erskine Sandiford (former prime minister of Barbados)
  • Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, named after Mahatma Gandhi
  • McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, United States, named for Robert R. McCormick
  • Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, named for Sir Michael Fowler (former Wellington mayor)
  • Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, United States, named for George Moscone
  • Obi Wali International Conference Center, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, named for senator Obi Wali
  • Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, named for Prime F. Osborn III (former CSX chairman)
  • Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, named for Tunku Abdul Rahman (first Prime Minister of Malaysia)
  • Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, named for Sirikit
  • Sime Darby Convention Centre, Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, named for William Sime and Henry Darby (founders of Sime Darby
  • Sultan Ahmad Shah International Convention Centre, Kuantan, Malaysia, named for Ahmad Shah of Pahang (Sultan of Pahang)
  • Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., named for former mayor Walter E. Washington
  • William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States, named for William Allen Egan

References

References

  1. "Anthony Wayne Ballroom". Grand Wayne Convention Center.
  2. "Mahatma Mandir". iNDEXTb.
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