My recent experiences with conventions have me rather curious about the size of the convention centers, and a google search left me without a definitive list of venues.
The top 10 in the U.S.:
- McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, 2.2 million square feet
- Orange County Convention Center, Orlando Florida, 2.05 million square feet
- Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, 1.94 million square feet
- Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 1.37 million square feet
- Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky, 1.29 million square feet
- Sands Expo and Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1.13 million square feet
- Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisianna 1.1 million square feet
- Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas, 1.02 million square feet
- Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, Harrisburg, Pennslyvania, 1 million square feet
- George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, 930,000 square feet
California Convention Centers:
- Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California, 813,607 square feet
- Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, 720,000 square feet
- Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, 538,000 square feet
- San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, 525,701 square feet
- Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, 224,000 square feet
- San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, California, 143,000 square feet
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