Colorado Convention Center, Convention center in Downtown Denver, United States.

The Colorado Convention Center is a multistory venue in downtown Denver featuring more than 60 meeting rooms of various sizes for different event needs. The facility includes the Bellco Theatre and several exhibition areas designed to host conferences, trade shows, and large gatherings.

The Colorado Convention Center opened in June 1990 with an exhibition hall, five meeting rooms and a main ballroom, totaling 800,000 square feet; its first event was the Denver Nuggets' NBA Draft. A $340 million expansion completed in December 2004 doubled the facility to 2.2 million square feet and added the 5,000-seat Bellco Theatre. A further expansion begun in 2021 added about 235,000 square feet of meeting, ballroom and rooftop terrace space.

The massive blue bear sculpture outside the main entrance has become an immediate landmark that visitors recognize right away. The figure gazes directly into the building, creating an unusual connection between the exterior and interior spaces.

The building sits on 14th Street downtown and connects directly to nearby hotels through an elevated pathway system for convenient access. Public transportation stops and parking areas are located nearby, making arrival and movement straightforward for all visitors.

One of the main ballrooms inside features roughly 4,600 square meters (50,000 square feet) of completely open space with no columns or supports running through it. This unobstructed layout is uncommon in buildings of this scale and allows organizers to arrange the space flexibly for thousands of guests.