5-566: Messezentrum Nuremberg is a convention center located in Nuremberg , Germany , which opened in 1974. It is owned and operated by the NürnbergMesse company. The site features 170,000 m of display area that extends over 15 exhibition halls, including Frankenhalle . Notable artists that have performed at the center include Led Zeppelin , AC/DC , Black Sabbath , Rainbow and Genesis . The center hosts different trade fairs, including
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
15-529: Is a large building that 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
20-810: The Nuremberg International Toy Fair , the annual Embedded World Conference and Exhibition, and SPS - Smart Production Solutions. The fairgrounds can be reached by U1 of the Nuremberg U-Bahn via the Messe station. The station opened on March1st 1972, the opening day of the first stretch of the system. 49°25′02″N 11°06′54″E / 49.41722°N 11.11500°E / 49.41722; 11.11500 Convention center A convention center ( American English ; or conference centre in British English )
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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