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America's Center Statistics
America's Center Address: 701 Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO, 63101. Located in the heart of downtown St. Louis.
Telephone: St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission: 1-800-916-0037; America's Center: 1-314-342-5036
Completion Dates: Original Cervantes Convention Center - 1977; Southward Expansion - May, 1993; The Edward Jones Dome - Fall, 1995
Overall Size: 2.7 million square feet covering 32 acres in the heart of downtown St. Louis.
Prime Exhibit Space: 502,000 square feet
Meeting Rooms: 84
Ballroom Size: 28,000 square-feet. The largest in Missouri and the largest between Chicago and Dallas. Can accommodate up to 2,230 people for banquets.
Ferrara Theatre Seating: 1,411 fixed seats; State-of-the-art audio-visual capabilities.
The Edward Jones Dome Seating: 66,053 fixed seats
The Edward Jones Dome Overall Size: 1.7 million square feet covering 14 acres
The Edward Jones Dome Cost: $280 million
St. Louis Executive Conference Center: The only International Association of Conference Centers - approved conference center inside a convention center in the U.S. Three individual-access meeting suites each including a private lounge, lecture room and adjacent, private breakout rooms. Five additional individual conference rooms.
Hotels: 35,000 area hotel rooms; 7,600 downtown hotel rooms; 6,200 committable hotel rooms downtown
America's Center: What's Nearby?
Visitor Information & Restaurant Reservations: America's Center Visitor Information Center, Seventh & Washington
Transportation: MetroLink Light Rail - Convention Center Station. There are 37 MetroLink stations across Missouri and Illinois.
Shopping: St. Louis Centre, a four-story mall across the street; Union Station- connection via light rail.
Attractions: Within walking distance or via light rail: Gateway Arch, Busch Stadium, Laclede's Landing entertainment district, Admiral and Casino Queen riverboat casinos, historic Old Courthouse, Cardinals Hall of Fame, Bowling Hall of Fame.
Via light rail: Grand Center entertainment district, Scottrade Center arena, St. Louis Union Station, Central West End neighborhood including the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, Forest Park attractions including Art Museum, Zoo, Science Center, History Museum, skating/biking/jogging paths and the Muny outdoor theater (summer season).
By car or taxi in 5-15 minutes: Soulard neighborhood and Blues music clubs; Anheuser-Busch Brewery tours; Missouri Botanical Garden, the Hill Italian neighborhood, the Loop neighborhood and the St. Louis Walk of Fame; the Clayton business district; Cahokia Mounds World Heritage Site, Scott Joplin House, Cherokee Street Antique Row; historic homes including the Chatillon-Demenil Mansion, the Campbell House Museum and the Eugene Field House and Toy Museum; Saint Louis and Washington Universities; the Grand South Grand neighborhood.
Distance From Airport: 13 miles by car. Cost from the airport to downtown: Taxi $18; Airport Limo $8; MetroLink light rail $3.50
MEDIA NOTE: For more information or photography of St. Louis, send an e-mail to pr@explorestlouis.com or call Becky Sharp at 1-314-992-0652. For up-to-date information about St. Louis, your readers should call the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission at 1-800-916-0040 or check out our website at www.explorestlouis.com. This news release is also available in electronic form. To obtain an electronic version, e-mail your request to pr@explorestlouis.com or go to St. Louis’ online media center at www.explorestlouis.com/media.
