Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico
Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico, is a 3,000-seat indoor arena and convention center in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is intended to be used primarily for trade shows, conventions and sporting events. It opened in June, 2012. One of the first pre-inauguration activities was a set of Olympic boxing pre-match games. Its official inauguration was subsequently set for September 2012. However, its official inauguration took place on 11 October 2012.
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Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico, also known as Centro de Convenciones de Ponce (Ponce Convention Center) | |
| Address | PR-52 and PR-12 at Avenida Rafael Churumba Santiago |
| Location | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18°0′28.1514″N 66°36′22.7514″W |
| Owner | Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce |
| Operator | Intertrade Development Group |
| Built | 2008-2012 |
| Inaugurated | 11 October 2012 |
| Opened | June 2012 |
Construction cost | $43.7 million |
Former names | Centro de Convenciones de Ponce |
Classroom-style seating | 3,000 |
Meeting-room seating | 3,000 |
| Banquet/ballroom | 3,000 |
Theatre seating | 3,000 |
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| • Total space | 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) |
| • Exhibit hall floor | 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) |
| • Breakout/meeting | 16 |
| • Ballroom | 1-16 (convertible) |
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Variously known as Centro de Convenciones de Ponce, Centro de Convenciones de Ponce Juan H. Cintrón, and Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico Juan H. Cintrón Garcia, the center was built to serve the local as well as the international business market. The Centro de Convenciones de Ponce was named after former Ponce Mayor Juan H. Cintrón García. Centro de Convenciones de Ponce is unique among other convention centers in Puerto Rico for the flexibility of its interior spaces. It is owned by the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce.