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The Halifax Convention Centre is the main conference centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It opened on December 15, 2017 in Downtown Halifax , replacing the older World Trade and Convention Centre .
Trade Centre Limited was created by an Order in Council on 17 November 1981 to own and operate the new World Trade and Convention Centre (WTCC), championed by then-Premier John Buchanan who envisaged the new facility as a scaled-down version of the famous World Trade Center in New York City.
The Halifax Convention Centre Corporation, doing business as Events East Group, operates two event venues in Halifax, Nova Scotia – the Halifax Convention Centre and the Scotiabank Centre arena – as well as a ticket purchasing system called Ticket Atlantic. Created by provincial legislation that was introduced in 2014, the company is ...
World Trade and Convention Centre: 1800 Argyle Street Halifax Convention Centre 5 1985 Connected to Halifax Metro Centre and to be replaced with new WTCC, an 18-storey hotel and a 14-storey office building Delta Halifax: 1990 Barrington Street Halifax Hotel 12 39.84 m (130.7 ft) 1972 Also referred to as Chateau Halifax when completed for CP Hotels
As a result, TCL is working with a private developer, Rank Inc., to develop a new convention facility. The Halifax Convention Centre is located within the nearby Nova Centre, which opened in 2017. In March 2016 the province announced the signing of a 25-year agreement with the developers of the Nova Centre.
The Nova Centre complex occupies two city blocks in downtown Halifax.One block was formerly home to the longtime headquarters of the Halifax Chronicle-Herald newspaper.. The project received federal, provincial, and municipal public funding as it would house, in the podium levels and basement, the new Halifax Convention Centre operated by the Crown corporation Trade Centre Limited (TDL).
Downtown Halifax is the financial centre of the urban area of Halifax, the Province of Nova Scotia, and the region of Atlantic Canada. The Bank of Canada has one of its five Canadian regional offices located within the central business district, and all Big Five Canadian banks have major operations within the area.
There are several convention centres in Canada. Traditionally there is a distinction in the Canada between convention centres for meetings and those for exhibitions/trade shows. Over the past decades this distinction has become blurred, as exhibition facilities have added meeting rooms and meeting centred venues have opened exhibition halls.