SeaGate Convention Centre

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SeaGate Convention Centre is a performing arts and convention center located in Toledo, Ohio. Opened on March 27, 1987, the Centre's exhibit hall measures 74,520 square feet (207-feet-by-360-feet) of space and seats up to 5,100 for a banquet, 9,000 for a meeting, and 4,000 in a classroom configuration. It can be divided into three smaller halls, and, when used for concerts with a 60-by-40-foot stage, can seat 2,000 (in one of the smaller halls), 3,000 (in two of the smaller halls) or 5,900 (in the entire hall) for concerts, stage shows, and other shows, this so that there are no bad seats in the house. Many of those seats used for concerts are in telescopic risers; there are 18 telescopic units at the arena, set up in sections of six; as a result there are six sections of riser seating and a total of 3,216 in the risers (536 per section).

SeaGate Convention Centre also features 17,552 square feet of meeting space.

Beginning in 2005 SeaGate Convention Centre will be the home of the Toledo Ice basketball team.

The 1996-1999 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournaments were held there.