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COMBINING THE OLD AND NEW T he Pennsylvania Convention Center is a multi- use, public facility in the Market East section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed to accommodate conventions, exhibitions, conferences, and other events.The“L”-shaped complex,owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania andmanaged by the SMGCorporation,occupies four cityblocks,andwith seven exhibition halls and 73meeting rooms,offers a total of onemillion square feet of saleable space. The Center’s exhibit hall building first opened in 1993, and the following year, the trainshed building of the former Reading Railroad terminal was reno- vated and added to the facility.“At the time,we did have a small convention center out in University City, called the Civic Center,” recounts Stephen Shepper, THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER THE CONVENTION CENTER AT A GLANCE THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER WHAT: Multi-use, public facility for conventions, exhi- bitions, conferences, and events WHERE: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania WEBSITE: www.paconvention.com