List of convention centers named after people
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This is a list of convention centers named after people. It details the name of the convention center, its location and eponym.
List
- Aiwan-e-Iqbal, Lahore, Pakistan, named for Muhammad Iqbal
- Anthony Wayne Ballroom at the Grand Wayne Convention Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, named for Anthony Wayne (American Revolutionary War general)[1]
- Auditoria Benito Juarez, Los Mochis, Mexico, named for Benito Juárez (former president of Mexico)
- Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
- Calvin L. Rampton (Salt Palace) Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, named for Cal Rampton (former Utah governor)
- (former Detroit mayor)
- David Eccles Conference Center, Ogden, Utah, United States, named for David Eccles (businessman)
- 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(former Rosemont mayor)
- 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
- James H. Rainwater Convention Center, Valdosta, Georgia, United States, named for James H. Rainwater (former Valdosta mayor)
- Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Named after Julius Nyerere
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- King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center, east coast of the Dead Sea in Jordan. Named for Hussein I, former King of Jordan
- Two Mile Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados, named after Lloyd Erskine Sandiford(former prime minister of Barbados)
- Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, named after Mahatma Gandhi[2]
- McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, United States, named for Robert R. McCormick
- Wellington, New Zealand, named for Sir Michael Fowler(former Wellington mayor)
- Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, United States, named for George Moscone
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- (first Prime Minister of Malaysia)
- Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, named for Sirikit
- Sime Darby Convention Centre, Henry Darby (founders of Sime Darby
- Sultan Ahmad Shah International Convention Centre, Kuantan, Malaysia, named for Ahmad Shah of Pahang (Sultan of Pahang)
- Walter E. Washington
- William Allen Egan
See also
References
- ^ "Anthony Wayne Ballroom". Grand Wayne Convention Center. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Mahatma Mandir". iNDEXTb. Retrieved 12 August 2013.