Henry B. González Convention Center
The Henry B. González Convention Center (formerly San Antonio Convention Center) is the City of San Antonio's convention center located in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, along the banks of the River Walk.
| Henry B. González Convention Center | |
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Convention center viewed from Market Street in 2013 | |
| Address | 900 E. Market Street San Antonio, TX 78205 |
| Owner | City of San Antonio |
| Opened | 1968 |
| Renovated | 1977, 1986, 2001, 2016 |
Construction cost | $10.9 million(1968) |
Former names | San Antonio Convention Center (1968-1977) |
Theatre seating | 2,319 seat Lila Cockrell Theater |
| Enclosed space | |
| • Total space | 1,600,000 square feet (150,000 m2) |
| • Exhibit hall floor | 514,000 square feet (48,000 m2) |
| • Ballroom | 54,000 square feet (5,000 m2)(Stars at Night Ballroom) 39,576 square feet (3,700 m2)(HemisFair Ballroom) |
| Website | |
| Official Website | |
The facility is a central component in the city's convention industry. The center, named for the late US congressman Henry Barbosa González, hosts more than 300 events each year with over 750,000 convention delegates attending from around the world.
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