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Henry B. González Convention Center
Convention center located in San Antonio Texas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Henry B. González Convention Center (formerly San Antonio Convention Center) is the City of San Antonio's convention center located in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, along the banks of the River Walk.
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Address | 900 E. Market Street San Antonio, TX 78205 |
Owner | City of San Antonio |
Opened | 1968[1] |
Renovated | 1977,[2] 1986, 2001, 2016 |
Construction cost | $10.9 million(1968)[2] |
Former names | San Antonio Convention Center (1968-1977)[2] |
Theatre seating | 2,319 seat Lila Cockrell Theater |
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• Total space | 1,600,000 square feet (150,000 m2) |
• Exhibit hall floor | 514,000 square feet (48,000 m2)[3] |
• Ballroom | 54,000 square feet (5,000 m2)(Stars at Night Ballroom) 39,576 square feet (3,700 m2)(HemisFair Ballroom)[4] |
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The facility is a central component in the city's convention industry. The center, named for the late US congressman Henry Barbosa González, hosts more than 300 events each year with over 750,000 convention delegates attending from around the world.[citation needed]