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America's Center is a convention center located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, and is situated next to the Dome at America's Center, the former home of the National Football League's St. Louis Rams (now the Los Angeles Rams) and the current home of the United Football League's St. Louis BattleHawks. The Center and the Dome often combine to hold large events. The venue opened in 1977 as the Cervantes Convention Center (named for former mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes), and has held many events over the years, including the Working Women's Survival Show, the All-Canada Show, the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting, the St. Louis Boat and Sports Show, and the triennial Urbana Christian missions conference.
America's Center | |
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Location | St. Louis, Missouri |
Coordinates | 38°37′56″N 90°11′27″W / 38.63222°N 90.19083°W |
Owner | St. Louis Regional Sports Authority |
Operator | St. Louis Convention/Visitors Bureau |
Opened | July 1977 |
Expanded | 1995 |
Former names | Cervantes Convention Center |
Enclosed space | |
• Total space | 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2)[1] |
• Exhibit hall floor | 502,000 sq ft (46,600 m2) |
• Ballroom | 28,000 sq ft (2,600 m2) |
Public transit access | Red Blue At Convention Center |
Website | |
explorestlouis |
America's Center was the scene for the 2007 National Rifle Association Annual Meetings and Exhibits, and hosted the DHL Major League Baseball All-Star Fan Fest in July 2009.[citation needed] It hosted the American Society for Quality 2010 meeting.
In the 1990s Trans World Airlines operated a ticket office in the center.[2]
References
edit- ^ "America's Center Convention Complex" (PDF). explorestlouis.com. 2018-10-16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ^ "Ticket Offices." Trans World Airlines. December 3, 1998. Retrieved on January 24, 2010. "801 Convention Plaza St. Louis, MO. 63101"
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