How to Use convention center in a Sentence

convention center

noun
  • The main hall of the convention center is stocked with boats, boats and more boats.
    — al, 4 Mar. 2023
  • There is a bomb threat at the Fort Worth convention center.
    — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Muslims across the state were gathered at the convention center for the event.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 29 June 2023
  • The stadium and convention center were both closed at the time of the shooting.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Found free street parking and walked to the convention center.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Today is the last chance to purchase merch at the convention center.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2024
  • In Tampa, the city’s largest convention center hasn’t seen any events cut bait.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Outside on the loading dock of the convention center, DiFranco, whose hair is now bleached blond, pulls me aside.
    — Jonathan Van Meter, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Audience for Trump speech Trump spoke to some 4,000 people in a hall in the convention center.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Other people stopped for me inside the convention center and outside in the heart of the foot traffic.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In biz:What's being built near the convention center in downtown Louisville?
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Both public transport and taxis will take 20 to 25 minutes from the hotel to the convention center.
    — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Hundreds of supporters cheered at the convention center when the call was made.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Inside a hallway on the second floor of the convention center, Gosnell would draw his last breath.
    — Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2024
  • All of it is in a random convention center [with a set] that’s been fabricated that day and will get torn down that day.
    — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2023
  • And, for the most part, the convention center has been operating at that level mid-2021.
    — Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2024
  • The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and the city’s convention center are nearby, as is the city’s streetcar line.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
  • They will be held at the Gas South District in Duluth, an area that includes an arena and a convention center.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 6 May 2024
  • Guilfoyle moreover was on stage with Trump Jr. at the convention center.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Most events took place in the same convention center where the presidents will meet starting on Tuesday.
    — Dabid Biller and Fabiano Maisonnave, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Cosplayers of all stripes bustled in and around the convention center.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • Rusconi, whose front door faces Sixth Street and is just a block from the ongoing convention center district project, opened in 2014.
    — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The larger-than-life moment echoed through the convention center and, by all accounts, may do the same on the campaign trail for the remainder of the election season.
    — Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • Dallas plans to spend $3.5 billion or more to build a sprawling new convention center.
    — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But none proceeded − even after the late '90s construction of the downtown convention center, now known as the Baird Center, just north of the site.
    — Katherine Loren, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • The convention center would be paid for through gaming taxes, state matching funds, and $30 million over 20 years from Hard Rock, Melton said.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Niemeyer said the construction of a convention center has been an issue in Lake County for at least five years.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The new hotel tax rate will vary, depending on how close hotels are to the downtown convention center.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
  • About seven years ago, Roanoke began planning for a convention center, Katekaru said.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Crombie maintained that motif throughout, specifically in the form of the cycler and the desk in the convention center where Mickey signs up to be an Expendable.
    — Abigail Lee, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025

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