Las Vegas Convention Center
The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3.2 million square feet (297,000 m²) of space with over 2 million square feet (186,000 m²) of the space available as exhibit space. At the end of 2004 Las Vegas had about 9 million square-feet of exhibit and meeting space available. The Las Vegas Convention Center is adjacent to the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel and is a stop on the Las Vegas Monorail.
History
The Center opened on April 29, 1959 with a 110,340 square foot (10,250 m²) facility. The 1998 completion of additional space brings available space to 1.9 million square feet (177,000 m²). The 2004 expansion, started in 2002, was the addition of 1.3 million square feet (121,000 m²) called the South Hall. Early in 2005, the Authority announced plans to add meeting space, a police substation, additional connecting walkways and an enclosed walkway to the monorail station.
External linksLas Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
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