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.
- Anthony Wayne Convention Hall, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, named for Anthony Wayne
- Bartle Hall Convention Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States, named for Harold Roe Bartle
- Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan, United States, named for Albert E. Cobo (former Detroit mayor)
- 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 Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois, United States, named for Donald E. Stephens (former Rosemont mayor)
- Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, named for 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 Convention Center, New York City, United States, named for Jacob K. Javits
- Jinnah Convention CenterIslamabad, Pakistan, named for [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]
- McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, United States, named for Robert R. McCormick
- Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, named for Sir Michael Fowler (former Wellington mayor)
- Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, United States, named for George Moscone
- Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center, Jacksonville, Florida, United States, named for Prime F. Osborn III (former CSX chairman)
- Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, named for Sirikit
- Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., named for former mayor Walter E. Washington
- William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States, named for William Allen Egan
