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The Orange County Convention Center is a convention center located in Orlando, Florida. Opened in 1983 as the Orange County Convention and Civic Center , it is the primary public convention center for the Central Florida region and the second-largest convention center in the United States, after McCormick Place in Chicago .
Emerald Coast Convention Center (Okaloosa Island/Destin) Knight International Center ; Miami Airport Convention Center (Miami) Miami Beach Convention Center; Ocean Center (Daytona Beach) Orange County Convention Center ; Palm Beach County Convention Center (West Palm Beach) Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center (Jacksonville) Tampa Convention ...
Performance Racing Industry was started in 1986 by Steve Lewis, owner of Laguna Coast Publishing, based in Laguna Beach, California.Now based in Aliso Viejo, California, the company operates PRI magazine, a monthly business publication for entrepreneurs in the auto racing industry; the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show, which launched in 1988 and showcases thousands of new racing products ...
Marriott's Orlando World Center opened on March 24, 1986. At the time it was the largest hotel in Florida, and it is now the largest Marriott in the world. [2] The 2,008-room, 28-story building contains a nine-story lobby atrium, 38,000-square-foot (3,500 m 2) and also has the largest pillar-free ballroom in the world featuring 105,000 square feet (9,800 m 2) of meeting space.
Pointe Orlando originally opened on August 2, 1997 at a cost of $120 million, anchored by a flagship FAO Schwarz toy store. A Muvico cinema and IMAX theater, and a host of theme restaurants popular at the time opened later in the year and into 1998. [ 1 ]
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) represents over 6,000 amusement-industry members in more than 100 countries worldwide and operates several global attractions-industry trade shows. Its annual IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Florida, is recognized as the world's largest attractions trade show in the number of ...
The Gaylord Palms Convention Center has 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m 2) of meeting space. More than half of that space is one large bay called the Florida Exhibition Hall, which has 210,300 sq ft (19,540 m 2) including prefunction space. It also features a permanent 101- by 40 ft (12 m). performing stage with green rooms and dressing rooms connected ...
At the time, the Broward County Convention Center had 600,000 square feet (56,000 m 2), including a 200,000 square feet (19,000 m 2) exhibit floor. [1] On August 25, 2015, the Broward County Commissioners narrowed the list of potential developers for the renovation of the Convention Center to 5 firms based on financial capacity and capability.