List of convention centers named after people

List of convention centers named after people

This is a list of convention centers named after people. It details the name of the convention center, its location and eponym.

*Anthony Wayne Convention Hall, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, named for Anthony Wayne
*Bartle Hall Convention Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States, named for Harold Roe Bartle
*Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, United States, named for Albert E. Cobo (former Detroit mayor)
*David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, named for David L. Lawrence
*DeVos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, named for Richard DeVos
*Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois, United States, named for Donald E. Stephens (former Rosemont mayor)
*Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, named for Ernest N. Morial
*George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, United States, named for George R. Brown (entrepreneur)
*Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, named for John Hynes
*Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York City, United States, named for Jacob K. Javits
*Jinnah Convention CenterIslamabad, Pakistan, named for [Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]
*McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, United States, named for Robert R. McCormick
*Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, named for Sir Michael Fowler (former Wellington mayor)
*Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, United States, named for George Moscone
*Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, named for Prime F. Osborn III (former CSX chairman)
*Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, named for Sirikit
*Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., named for former mayor Walter E. Washington
*William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States, named for William Allen Egan

ee also

*List of eponyms
*List of places named after people


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