Las Vegas Convention Center, Convention center in Winchester, Nevada, United States.
The Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada, is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Its facade of rectangular pinkish-tan panels carries cursive metal lettering reading "Las Vegas" above "CONVENTION CENTER", with a curved whitish section stepping forward below and glass walls at street level. Inside are 16 exhibition halls and 144 meeting rooms.
The center opened in April 1959 with a 6,300-seat silver-domed rotunda and a 90,000 sq ft exhibition hall, designed by Los Angeles architect Adrian Jennings Wilson. It was built on the site of the failed Las Vegas Park Speedway, one block east of the Strip. The dome was demolished in 1991 to make room for expansion, and later additions included the South Hall in 2004 and a 1.4 million sq ft expansion completed in 2021.
The center's name appears in cursive metal lettering above the entrance, with "CONVENTION CENTER" in plain capitals beneath it. Its halls have hosted CES every January since the trade show's early years, and the 1994 FIFA World Cup draw was held here on December 19, 1993. The Beatles played the original silver dome on August 20, 1964.
The venue is easy to reach using public transportation, and the layout is designed to help visitors move between different areas. It is best to arrive early to find your way around and get oriented to the space.
Since June 2021 a loop of twin tunnels by The Boring Company has run 40 feet below the halls, carrying passengers between three stations in human-driven Tesla cars; the $53 million system was built to cut walking times inside the complex.
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