Metro Toronto Convention Center

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Metro Toronto Convention Center
Metro Toronto Convention Center
Metro Toronto Convention Center

The Metro Toronto Convention Center is a trade fair and event center in the Canadian city ​​of Toronto . The center on Front Street , located in the south of downtown, was completed in October 1984 and has a total area of ​​56,000 m² (600,000 square feet). The exhibition space is 43,000 m² (460,000 square feet) and offers two ballrooms and a total of 64 conference rooms. Part of the Convention Center is the 1330-seat John Bassett Theater . The neighboring Rogers Center is also used for large events .

The Metro Toronto Convention Center includes a 78-meter-high hotel building and the 15-story CN Building . The center is connected to Union Station via a pedestrian bridge. International and large events took place in the center, such as the G7 conference in 1988 , the NHL Entry Draft in 1985 and the XVI International AIDS Conference in 2006. In addition, television productions are regularly recorded in the Convention Center.

The G20 Summit took place between June 26 and 27, 2010 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center . There were representatives of the twenty most important industrial and emerging countries, including a. the United States , Japan , Canada , United Kingdom , People's Republic of China , Germany , the European Union , France , Australia , Brazil , Turkey combined.

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Coordinates: 43 ° 38 ′ 40 "  N , 79 ° 23 ′ 12"  W.