Oregon Convention Center
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| Location | Portland, Oregon |
| Address | 777 NE Martin Luther King Boulevard |
| Completed | 1990 |
| Renovated | 2003 |
| Height | 63 metres (207 ft) |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Floor area | ~1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) |
| Architecture firm | Zimmer Gunsul Frasca |
The Oregon Convention Center is a convention center in Portland, Oregon.
The Oregon Convention Center is located on the east side of the Willamette River in the Lloyd District neighborhood. It is best known for the twin spire towers which provide light into the building's interior and for housing the world's largest Foucault Pendulum.
The building was designed by the architectural firm of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects. It is the largest convention center in Oregon at nearly 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2). The complex includes 255,000 square feet (23,700 m2) of exhibit space. It features the largest ballroom in the City of Portland at 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2). The original building opened in 1990[1] and was expanded in 2003. Most recently, the building has become known for upward illuminating the twin spires yearly on September 11th in memorial of the events of 9/11. In 2008 the OCC replaced its traditional Wi-Fi access points with Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays to provide wireless internet services which are sold to exhibitors and attendees.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Thompson, Carla (1990-09-24), "Center's opening enticed more than 100,000", The Oregonian
- ^ Oregon Convention Center Customer Deployment, Xirrus, http://www.xirrus.com/customerdeployments/cs_occ.php, retrieved 2009-03-12
[edit] External links
Media related to Oregon Convention Center at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 45°31′43″N 122°39′48″W / 45.528644°N 122.663201°W
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