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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 .
The new legislation allowed Trade Centre Ltd. employees to be transferred to the Halifax Convention Centre Corporation (which operates as Events East Group). [5] On 1 April 2017, Events East Group took over the operations of Trade Centre Limited. Trade Centre Limited employees were also redesignated as Events East employees on this date.
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
The operating costs of the Halifax Convention Centre are split between the province and city on a 50-50 basis. [3] The company's first board of directors, appointed by the province and the Halifax Regional Municipality, was announced in June 2016. [4] On 1 April 2017, Events East Group took over the operations of TCL.
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.