Raleigh Convention Center
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The Raleigh Convention Center is a convention and exhibition facility located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina that will open in September 2008. Located at the end of Fayetteville Street, the current 500,000 square foot building contains a 150,000 square foot exhibit hall, twenty meeting rooms and a 32,000 square foot ballroom.[1] The facility is more than double the size of the older convention center that was torn down in February 2006.[2]
The building cost $225 million dollars to construct[3] and the city of Raleigh is planning a large celebration to commemorate the opening of the new facility.[4] A new Marriott hotel named Marriott City Center was built to provide lodging for visitors and now connects to the Convention Center.[5]
