5-537: The Bayfront Convention Center is a convention center complex located in Erie, Pennsylvania . The center, which has views of Presque Isle Bay from three sides, includes a 28,800-square-foot (2,680 m) Great Hall with a seating capacity of 4,500, and a 13,500-square-foot (1,250 m) Grand Ballroom. The attached hotels are a Sheraton and Courtyard by Marriott The center held an open house beginning on August 3, 2007. Local promotion continued with public tours during
10-527: A convention center. In Francophone countries, the term is palais des congrès (such as the Palais des Congrès de Paris ) or centre des congrès (such as the Centre des congrès de Quebec). The original convention centers or halls were in castles and palaces . Originally a hall in a castle would be designed to allow a large group of lords, knights and government officials to attend important meetings with
15-504: Is designed to hold a convention , where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests. Convention centers typically offer sufficient floor area to accommodate several thousand attendees. Very large venues, suitable for major trade shows , are sometimes known as exhibition halls . Convention centers typically have at least one auditorium and may also contain concert halls , lecture halls , meeting rooms , and conference rooms . Some large resort area hotels include
20-562: The annual Celebrate Erie festival 17–19 August 2007. The attached hotel opened on April 10, 2008. Construction manager, Barton Malow completed the construction of this project which won the 2008 Build America Award from the Associated General Contractors of America. Convention center A convention center ( American English ; or conference centre in British English ) is a large building that
25-605: The king. A more ancient tradition would have the king or lord decide disputes among his people. These administrative actions would be done in the great hall and would exhibit the wisdom of the king as judge to the general populace. One of the most famous convention center debacles happened in France on June 20, 1789. King Louis XVI locked a group known as the Third Estate out of the meeting hall in Versailles. This led to
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