San Antonio Convention Center
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The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is located in downtown San Antonio along the banks of the San Antonio River Walk
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The facility is the central component of the city’s successful convention industry. The center, named for the late U.S. congressman Henry B. Gonzalez
, hosts more than 300 events each year with over 750,000 convention delegates from around the world.
The original convention center was built as part of HemisFair '68
by a joint venture of two general contractors Darragh & Lyda Inc. of San Antonio, Texas and H. A. Lott Inc. of Houston, Texas, but has been significantly altered and expanded since then. Today it is a 1300000 square feet (120,774 m²) state-of-the-art facility with 203000 sq ft (18,859.3 m²). of meeting space, 3 ballrooms, 4 contiguous exhibit halls over 440000 sq ft (40,877.3 m²). and the adjacent 2,500-seat Lila Cockrell Theatre, a performing arts venue, which is part of the original construction.
A new 1,003-room convention center hotel and condominium tower, The Grand Hyatt San Antonio, designed by the renowned architecture firm Arquitectonica
, opened in 2009.
San Antonio River Walk
The San Antonio River Walk is a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath downtown San Antonio, Texas...
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The facility is the central component of the city’s successful convention industry. The center, named for the late U.S. congressman Henry B. Gonzalez
Henry B. Gonzalez
Henry Barbosa González was a Democratic politician from the state of Texas. He represented Texas's 20th congressional district from 1961 to 1999.-Background:...
, hosts more than 300 events each year with over 750,000 convention delegates from around the world.
The original convention center was built as part of HemisFair '68
HemisFair '68
HemisFair '68 was the first officially designated world's fair held in the southwestern United States. San Antonio, Texas hosted the fair from April 6 through October 6, 1968. More than thirty nations hosted pavilions at the fair. The fair was held in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the...
by a joint venture of two general contractors Darragh & Lyda Inc. of San Antonio, Texas and H. A. Lott Inc. of Houston, Texas, but has been significantly altered and expanded since then. Today it is a 1300000 square feet (120,774 m²) state-of-the-art facility with 203000 sq ft (18,859.3 m²). of meeting space, 3 ballrooms, 4 contiguous exhibit halls over 440000 sq ft (40,877.3 m²). and the adjacent 2,500-seat Lila Cockrell Theatre, a performing arts venue, which is part of the original construction.
A new 1,003-room convention center hotel and condominium tower, The Grand Hyatt San Antonio, designed by the renowned architecture firm Arquitectonica
Arquitectonica
Arquitectonica is an international architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and urban planning corporation headquartered in Miami, Florida, United States in the Coconut Grove neighborhood, with offices in ten other cities throughout the world...
, opened in 2009.