Virginia Beach Convention Center

The Virginia Beach Convention Center is a large convention center located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It opened in 2005, and is the largest building in the city of Virginia Beach by its total site area.[1]

Virginia Beach Convention Center
Address	1000 19th Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Location	Virginia Beach, Virginia
Opened	2005
Enclosed space
• Exhibit hall floor	150,012 square feet (13,936.6 m2)
• Ballroom	31,029 square feet (2,882.7 m2)
Website
https://www.visitvirginiabeach.com/conventioncenter/

It has over 150,012 square feet of exhibit space and its exhibit hall can seat up to 11,840 people with theater seating. It has over 31,029 square feet of ballroom space and can seat up to 2,000 people with banquet seating and 3,108 with theater seating.[2] It also has 26 meeting rooms with 28,929 square feet of meeting space between its two stories.[3] The convention center also has a large 150-foot tower on its east side that has four floors with a large board room, VIP lounge, coffee bar and observation deck.[4]

The convention center was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP and built by Turner Construction Company[5] with a construction cost of $207 million.[6] The convention center has won many awards including the Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel National Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction (2008), the Virginia Green Certification from the Virginia Department of Environmental Equality (2007), the Prime Site Award from Facilities & Destinations Magazine, the Public Works Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association, and the Best Institutional Public Building: First Honor Award from the Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate (2006).