RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg

RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg, York Avenue entrance

The RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg is a major meeting and convention facility located in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Originally named the Winnipeg Convention Centre, the publicly owned facility was built in 1975, and was among the first such facilities built in Canada. It has five levels including indoor parking for 560 vehicles, and three levels of various meeting trade show space totalling 160,000 square feet (15,000 m2).[1] The main exhibit hall has 78,000 square feet (7,200 m2) of pillarless space.[1]

Aside from trade shows and conventions, the Convention Centre has also been used as a sports venue and was home to the Winnipeg Cyclone basketball team from 1995 to 2001.

The convention centre is connected to the Winnipeg Walkway system via an above-ground walkway connection crossing St. Mary Avenue and Hargrave Street to Cityplace mall. The Walkway system also provides convenient access to the MTS Centre.[2]

A $180-million expansion is currently in progress to roughly double the size of the facility, and will include significant structural and electrical upgrades to the existing building. The centre will be extended south over a York Avenue parking lot, adding 340,000 square feet (32,000 m2) of exhibit space and underground parking. Construction is expected to be completed in 2015.[3][4] In July 2013, the facility was rebranded as the RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg after its naming rights were purchased by Royal Bank of Canada.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About The Centre". Winnipeg Convention Centre. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Downtown skywalk extension opens". CBC News. 30 August 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Stuart Olson Dominion locked in to $147-M Convention Centre expansion". Winnipeg Sun. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Winnipeg Convention Centre Unveils Expansion Plan Design Funding possible thanks to government partnership". City of Winnipeg. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "RBC buys naming rights for Winnipeg convention centre". CBC News. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

Coordinates: 49°53′21″N 97°08′41″W / 49.8891187°N 97.1447611°W