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It opened on December 15, 2017 in Downtown Halifax, replacing the older World Trade and Convention Centre. The Halifax Convention Centre is part of the $500-million Nova Centre project. With 1 million square feet (93,000 m 2) of mixed-use space, Nova Centre is the largest integrated development project undertaken in Nova Scotia’s history.
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).
The trade centre would be built next to the Halifax Metro Centre (now Scotiabank Centre), which had opened in 1978. As the two facilities were to be physically connected and operated a whole, an agreement was signed in 1982 transferring management of the Metro Centre to TCL, although the city retained ownership of the arena. [ 2 ]
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 ...
A tunnel under Duke Street, connecting the World Trade and Convention Centre to Scotia Square. The Downtown Halifax Link system is a network of climate-controlled pedways (pedestrian tunnels and skywalks) connecting various office buildings, hotels, parkades, and entertainment venues around downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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.
The World Trade and Convention Centre (WTCC) was a convention centre and office complex in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, adjacent to the Scotiabank Centre. The facility had 30,000 square feet (2,800 m 2 ) of meeting space and a 20,000 square foot ballroom.
Scotiabank Centre (formerly known as Halifax Metro Centre) is the largest multi-purpose facility in Atlantic Canada, located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The main entrances to the building are located on Brunswick Street, at the corner of Duke Street and Carmichael Street, at the foot of Citadel Hill .