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CONVENTION CENTERS Continued from page 68 January 2015. Te facility, which ranked No. 17 on the list with 722,500 sf, is slated to expand to 800,000 sf of prime exhibit space and 50,000 sf of flex space. In Boston, the Massachusetts Conven- tion Center Authority is eyeing a 5.5-acre site adjacent to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center to be used for hotel construction, which would open the door for an eventual major expansion of the center's exhibit space. At No. 24 on the list of Mega Convention Centers, the venue features 516,000 sf of prime exhibit space. Ten there is the ongoing whale of an expansion planned for Los Angeles. Te ambitious project would knock down and replace part of the Los Angeles Conven- tion Center, which currently has 720,000 sf of prime exhibit space and is 18th on the list of Mega Convention Centers. Plans call for a new exhibit hall and an NFL football stadium capable of hosting exhibit overflow. Te so-called Farmers Field proj- ect has been moving slowly through the approval process this Summer but has not run into any significant snags. Stay apprised of the progress of expan- sion plans around the nation by reading TSE's monthly magazine in print and digi- tized online, as well as E-Clips Breaking News. TSE will also provide a detailed look at projects that are either on the drawing board or underway in the semiannual Pardon Our Dust report in the March and October issues. TSE The ability of the top 10 buildings to not only accommodate mega-shows, but also multiple events at the same time, makes them a valuable resource for show planners. Trade Show Executive Snapshot: The Top Convention Centers in the U.S. Ranked by Amount of Prime Exhibit Space, August 2012 Facility 1. McCormick Place (Chicago, IL) 2. Orange County Convention Center (Orlando, FL) 3. Las Vegas Convention Center (Las Vegas, NV) 4. Georgia World Congress Center (Atlanta, GA) 5. Sands Expo & Convention Center/ Te Venetian | Te Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino (Las Vegas, NV) 6.* Kentucky Exposition Center (Louisville, KY) 1,100,000 sf 7.* New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (New Orleans, LA) 8. Reliant Park (Houston, TX) 9. International Exposition Center (I-X Center) (Cleveland, OH) 10. Dallas Convention Center (Dallas, TX) Prime Exhibit Space at Top Ten U.S. Facilities Percent of Total SF of Prime Exhibit Space at all U.S. Facilities Trade Show Executive Snapshot: Convention Centers with 350,000 sf or more of Prime Exhibit Space Metric U.S./Canada/ Mexico Total Number of Mega Facilities Total Square Feet of Prime Exhibit Space Prime Exhibit Space Mean (arithmetic average) Median (midpoint) Mode (most frequent) 738,209 538,000 502,000 806,507 679,000 502,000 591,359 484,937 1,000,000 *Source: Trade Show Executive's directory of the World's Top Convention Centers 2012 70 August 2012 | Trade Show Executive 490,071 439,102 none 53 39,125,057 U.S. 39 31,453,760 Canada 8 4,730,874 Mexico 6 2,940,423 74% USA 11% Mexico 15% Canada Share of Market by Country 1,100,000 sf 1,056,213 sf 1,050,000 sf 1,018,942 sf 14,670,838 sf 26% *Tied in amount of space Prime Exhibit Space 2,600,000 sf 2,100,000 sf 1,940,631 sf 1,400,000 sf 1,305,052 sf